Plinthosella elegans Hurcewicz 1966 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae

Full reference: H. Hurcewicz. 1966. Siliceous sponges from the Upper Cretaceous of Poland, part 1: Tetraxonia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 11(1):15-129

Belongs to Plinthosella according to H. Hurcewicz 1966

Sister taxa: Plinthosella acanthodes, Plinthosella punctata, Plinthosella squamosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pniaki, which is in a Campanian marine marl in Poland

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pniaki

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