†Megalithista Zittel 1878 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Alternative spelling: Megalithistida
Parent taxon: Heterostiniinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphilectella, Anomorphites, Gigantodesma, Heterostinia, Holodictyon, Lyidium, Placonella
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Erkenbrechtsweiler, Swabian Alb (Jurassic of Germany)
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