Plinthosella acanthodes Defretin-Lefranc 1960 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae

Full reference: S. Defretin-Lefranc. 1960. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Crétacé supérieur du nord de la France. Theses presentees a la Faculte des Sciences de Lille 1-178

Belongs to Plinthosella according to S. Defretin-Lefranc 1960

Sister taxa: Plinthosella elegans, Plinthosella punctata, Plinthosella squamosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Saint-Laurent, which is in a Coniacian offshore chalk in France

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Saint-Laurent

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