Homalodoriana pusilla Schrammen 1910 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae

Alternative combination: Doryderma (Homalodora) pusilla

Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1910. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia und Silicea incert. sedis [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:1-175

Belongs to Homalodoriana according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Schrammen 1910

Sister taxa: Homalodoriana breviramosa, Homalodoriana ficus, Homalodoriana plana, Homalodoriana polonica, Homalodoriana skrainivensis, Homalodoriana tuberosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oberg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl in Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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