Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae

Synonym: Walteriella Brückner 2006 [replaced name]

Full reference: C. Hsu and Y. Hsiao. 2025. Bruckneria nom. nov., a new replacement name for Walteriella Brückner, 2006 (Hexactinellida: Euplectellidae), a junior homonym of Walteriella Kazantsev, 2001 (Insecta: Cantharidae). Paleontological Research 29:122-123

Parent taxon: Euplectellidae according to C. Hsu and Y. Hsiao 2025

See also Brückner 2006

Sister taxa: Acoelocalyx, Docosaccus, Euplectellina, Euplectellinae, Fiscella, Heterotella, Regadrella, Sheldonia, Silesiaspongia, Taegerinae, Walteria

Subtaxa: Bruckneria plectilis

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Type: Walteriella plectilis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Arnager, Bornholm, sponge-rich mounds (Cretaceous of Denmark)

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