Xenoschrammenum fragile Lagneau-Herenger 1962 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae

Full reference: L. Lagneau-Herenger. 1962. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Cretace inferieur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 95:1-252

Belongs to Xenoschrammenum according to L. Lagneau-Herenger 1962

Sister taxa: Xenoschrammenum alternans, Xenoschrammenum regulare, Xenoschrammenum robustum, Xenoschrammenum venosum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Can Casanyas Castellet, which is in an Aptian coastal sandstone in Spain

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), Spain (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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