Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
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 Ventriculites according to A. Schrammen 1912
Sister taxa: Ventriculites arabicus, Ventriculites convolutus, Ventriculites cribrosus, Ventriculites fistulosus, Ventriculites mammillaris, Ventriculites radiatus, Ventriculites stellatus
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 France (1 collection), Germany (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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