Coscinopora Goldfuss 1826 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae

Parent taxon: Ventriculitinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astropegma, Etalloniella, Flabellispongia, Leiostracosia, Lepidospongia, Licmosinion, Napaeana, Orthodiscus, Phymosinion, Pleuropyge, Rhizopoterion, Rhizopoterionopsis, Spirospongia, Sporadoscinia, Ubiquiradius, Ventriculites

Subtaxa: Coscinopora infundibuliformis Coscinopora macropora

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Type: Coscinopora infundibuliformis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (11 collections), Germany (7), Greece (1), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences

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