Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Calyptrellidae

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

Sister taxa: Aulophax, Callodictyidae, Callodictyonidae, Camerospongiidae, Cavispongia, Coeloptychidae, Cypelliidae, Dactylocalycidae, Dracolychnus, Etheridgea, Leucopsacasiidae, Pachyrachis, Pachyteichismatidae, Plectascus, Polyblastidiidae, Rhizopoteronopsis, Rhizopterion, Sclerokalia, Sestrocladia, Sporadopylidae, Ventriculitidae, Xylospongia, Triadocoelia

Subtaxa: Calyptrella Kentrosia

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Type: Calyptrella

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Oberg (Cretaceous of Germany)

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