Plocoscyphia convoluta Smith 1848 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae

Alternative combination: Brachiolites convolutus

Belongs to Plocoscyphia according to G. J. Hinde 1883

Sister taxa: Plocoscyphia centuncula, Plocoscyphia communis, Plocoscyphia elegans, Plocoscyphia fenestrata, Plocoscyphia flexuosa, Plocoscyphia foliacea, Plocoscyphia gaultina, Plocoscyphia labyrinthica, Plocoscyphia maaki, Plocoscyphia pertusa, Plocoscyphia subruta, Plocoscyphia vagans

Type specimen: Its type locality is Southerham Grey Pit, Lewes, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian basinal (carbonate) chalk in the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plocoscyphia convoluta in the database

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