Plinthosella punctata Lagneau-Herenger 1962 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae

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 Plinthosella according to L. Lagneau-Herenger 1962

Sister taxa: Plinthosella acanthodes, Plinthosella elegans, Plinthosella squamosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mas de Artis, which is in an Aptian coastal sandstone in Spain

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mas de Artis

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