Camerospongia turbinata Giebel 1851 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae

Alternative combination: Ptychotrochus turbinatus

Belongs to Camerospongia according to G. J. Hinde 1883

Sister taxa: Camerospongia (Camerospongia), Camerospongia (Synolynthia), Camerospongia aperta, Camerospongia campanulata, Camerospongia capitata, Camerospongia elongata, Camerospongia exanthematica, Camerospongia neocomiensis, Camerospongia pervia, Camerospongia tuberculata, Camerospongia visentinae

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Galgenberg, Goslar (Cretaceous of Germany)

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