Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385
Belongs to Aphrocallistes according to A. Schrammen 1912
Sister taxa: Aphrocallistes alveolites, Aphrocallistes bochotnicensis, Aphrocallistes cylindrodactylus, Aphrocallistes estevoui, Aphrocallistes kazimierzensis, Aphrocallistes lobata, Aphrocallistes macroporus, Aphrocallistes mammillaris, Aphrocallistes verrucosus, Aphrocallistes vistulae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ahlten quarry, Niedersachsen, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf wackestone in Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ahlten quarry, Niedersachsen
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