†Aulaxinia costata 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 Aulaxinia according to G. J. Hinde 1883
Sister taxa: Aulaxinia fallax, Aulaxinia melo, Aulaxinia sulcifera, Aulaxinia ventricosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Stanway, Cheltenham, which is in a Cretaceous marine gravel in the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Stanway, Cheltenham
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