†Phymatella reticulata Hinde 1883 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Full reference: G. J. Hinde. 1883. Catalogue of the fossil sponges in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History). 1-248
Belongs to Phymatella according to G. J. Hinde 1883
Sister taxa: Phymatella bulbosa, Phymatella heteropora, Phymatella intumescens, Phymatella irregularis, Phymatella nodosa, Phymatella sphaeroides, Phymatella spinosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Flamborough, which is in a Cretaceous carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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