Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Parent taxon: Ventriculitinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astropegma, Coscinopora, Etalloniella, Flabellispongia, Leiostracosia, Lepidospongia, Licmosinion, Napaeana, Orthodiscus, Phymosinion, Pleuropyge, Rhizopoterion, Rhizopoterionopsis, Spirospongia, Ubiquiradius, Ventriculites
Subtaxa: Sporadoscinia alcyonoides Sporadoscinia capax Sporadoscinia decheni Sporadoscinia eutactopora Sporadoscinia micrommata Sporadoscinia quenstedti Sporadoscinia stirps Sporadoscinia teutoniae Sporadoscinia venosa Sporadoscinia zippei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), France (13), Germany (10), Poland (7), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 41 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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