†Climacospongia snowblindella de Freitas 1991 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Full reference: T. A. de Freitas. 1991. Ludlow (Silurian) lithistid and hexactinellid sponges, Cape Phillips Formation, Canadian Arctic. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 28:2042-2061
Belongs to Climacospongia according to T. A. de Freitas 1991
Sister taxa: Climacospongia radiata, Climacospongia undulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Snowblind Creek, Cornwallis Island, sponge biostromes, which is in a Ludlow slope/ramp reef limestone/marl in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Snowblind Creek, Cornwallis Island, sponge biostromes
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