Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
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 Plocoscyphia according to G. J. Hinde 1883
Sister taxa: Plocoscyphia centuncula, Plocoscyphia communis, Plocoscyphia convoluta, Plocoscyphia elegans, Plocoscyphia fenestrata, Plocoscyphia flexuosa, Plocoscyphia foliacea, Plocoscyphia gaultina, Plocoscyphia labyrinthica, Plocoscyphia maaki, Plocoscyphia pertusa, Plocoscyphia subruta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Maidstone, which is in a Cretaceous carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Maidstone
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