†Toulminia Zittel 1877 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
Invalid subtaxa: Ornatus [replaced name], Phalacrus Schrammen 1912
Parent taxon: Camerospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Schrammen 1912 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Camerospongia, Rhytistamnia, Robinia, Stamnia
Subtaxa: Phalacrus decurrens Phalacrus flosculus Phalacrus hemisphaericus Toulminia benettiae Toulminia catenifer Toulminia compressa Toulminia italica Toulminia wollemanni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Germany (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 6 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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