Leptomitella Rigby 1986 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae

Parent taxon: Leptomitidae according to X.-G. Hou et al. 2004

See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Leptomitus, Paraleptomitella, Pseudoleptomitus, Wareiella

Subtaxa: Leptomitella confusa Leptomitella conica Leptomitella incepta Leptomitella metta

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Marjumian of United States (3: Utah collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (17), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 22 collections including 26 occurrences

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