Leptomitus conicus García-Bellido et al. 2007 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae

Full reference: D. C. García-Bellido, R. Gozalo, J. B. Chirivella Martorell and E. Liñán. 2007. The Demosponge genus Leptomitus and a new species from the Middle Cambrian of Spain. 50(2):467-478

Belongs to Leptomitus according to D. C. García-Bellido et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Leptomitus lineatus, Leptomitus minor, Leptomitus teretiusculus, Leptomitus undulatus, Leptomitus zitteli

Type specimen: MPZ 2005/321

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Murero [Murero Fm] (Cambrian of Spain)

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