Column shrubite replaced its ancestor crystal shrubite. Like its ancestor it snatches up any objects it can in the water, gulps up whatever nutrients it might contain, and then builds its shell around it. With time, these structures can grow huge. With so many other shrubite species to compete with its ancestor was eventually replaced by them.
Living Relatives (click to show/hide)
These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
