†Camerospongia tuberculata Frisone et al. 2016 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
Full reference: V. Frisone, A. Pisera, and N. Preto. 2016. A highly diverse siliceous sponge fauna (Porifera: Hexactinellida, Demospongiae) from the Eocene of north-eastern Italy: systematics and palaeoecology. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(11):949-1002
Belongs to Camerospongia according to V. Frisone et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Camerospongia (Camerospongia), Camerospongia (Synolynthia), Camerospongia elongata, Camerospongia exanthematica, Camerospongia neocomiensis, Camerospongia pervia, Camerospongia visentinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Chiampo (Eocene of Italy)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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