Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Full reference: H. Nestor, P. Copper, and C. Stock. 2010. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian stromatoporoid sponges from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: Crossing the O/S mass extinction boundary 1-163
Belongs to Clathrodictyon according to H. Nestor et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Clathrodictyon adaverense, Clathrodictyon boreale, Clathrodictyon caespitosum, Clathrodictyon clivosum, Clathrodictyon crickmayi, Clathrodictyon delicatulum, Clathrodictyon demissum, Clathrodictyon gregale, Clathrodictyon idense, Clathrodictyon kudriavzevi, Clathrodictyon lennuki, Clathrodictyon lenticulare, Clathrodictyon mammillatum, Clathrodictyon microundulatum, Clathrodictyon molense, Clathrodictyon plicatum, Clathrodictyon sinuosum, Clathrodictyon sulevi, Clathrodictyon turritum, Clathrodictyon variolare, Clathrodictyon vesiculosum, Clathrodictyon vormsiense, Clathrodictyon zonatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is A1418 Chicotte road, Anticosti Island, which is in a Telychian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Chicotte Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (12: Quebec collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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