Camerospongia d'Orbigny 1849 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae

Synonym: Cameroscyphia Goldfuss 1831 [objective synonym]

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Rhytistamnia, Robinia, Stamnia, Toulminia

Subtaxa: Camerospongia (Camerospongia) Camerospongia (Synolynthia) Camerospongia elongata Camerospongia exanthematica Camerospongia neocomiensis Camerospongia pervia Camerospongia tuberculata Camerospongia visentinae

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Type: Scyphia fungiformis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of France (6), Germany (1), Poland (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (4)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1)

Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences

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