Camerospongia (Camerospongia) asymetrica Lagneau-Herenger 1962 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae

Alternative combination: Camerospongia asymetrica

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 Camerospongia (Camerospongia) according to R.E.H. Reid 2004

See also Lagneau-Herenger 1962

Sister taxon: Camerospongia (Camerospongia) fungiformis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Can Casanyas Castellet, which is in an Aptian coastal sandstone in Spain

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Can Casanyas Castellet

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