Eudea grandi Stoppani 1865 (calcareous sponge)

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Full reference: A. Stoppani. 1865. Géologie et paléontologie des couches à Avicula contorta en Lombardie. Paleontologie Lombarde 3:1-267

Belongs to Eudea according to A. Stoppani 1865

Sister taxa: Eudea cupani, Eudea gracilis, Eudea guttata, Eudea incrustans, Eudea maxima, Eudea perforata, Eudea pisum, Eudea polymorpha, Eudea rhacos, Eudea rosa, Eudea siciliana, Eudea tuberculata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Azzarola, Central Lombardy, Italy, which is in a Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Calcare di Zu Formation of Italy

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Azzarola, Central Lombardy, Italy

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