†Sestrodictyon convolutum Hinde 1883 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
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 Sestrodictyon according to G. J. Hinde 1883
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Säntis (BMNH coll.), which is in a Cretaceous carbonate chalk in Switzerland
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Säntis (BMNH coll.)
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