Verruculina Zittel 1878 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae

Parent taxon: Amphithelioninae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphithelion, Cladostelgis, Scythophymia

Subtaxa: Verruculina (Amphichondrium) Verruculina abnormis Verruculina ambigua Verruculina angulata Verruculina crassa Verruculina damaecornis Verruculina mamillata Verruculina micrommata Verruculina seriatopora Verruculina tenuis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Spain (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (3), Germany (14), Poland (9), Spain (2)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 32 collections including 60 occurrences

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