Wapkia Walcott 1920 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Wapkiidae

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

See also Bambach et al. 2007, Rigby and Collins 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Wapkia elongata Wapkia grandis

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Type: Wapkia grandis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Delamaran of Canada (8: British Columbia)

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Brithish Columbia, British Columbia), China (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences

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