Demospongiae - Lithistida - Astylospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1989. Middle Silurian Ludlovian and Wenlockian sponges from Baillie-Hamilton and Cornwallis Islands, Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 391:1-69
Belongs to Astylospongiella according to J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is 84.3 m height of section BH2, Cape Phillips Fm., Baillie-Hamilton Island, Northw, which is in a Ludlow slope limestone/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (4: Nunavut collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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