Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and O. A. Dixon. 1979. Sponge fauna of the Upper Silurian Read Bay Formation, Somerset Island, District of Franklin, Arctic Canada. 53(3):587-627
Belongs to Haplistion according to J. K. Rigby and O. A. Dixon 1979
Sister taxa: Haplistion aeluroglossa, Haplistion apletum, Haplistion arcticum, Haplistion armstrongi, Haplistion artiense, Haplistion creswelli, Haplistion cylindricum, Haplistion diactinum, Haplistion elongatum, Haplistion festningensis, Haplistion frustrum, Haplistion hadrum, Haplistion latituba, Haplistion macroporum, Haplistion megalochetus, Haplistion orientale, Haplistion regularis, Haplistion skinneri, Haplistion sphaericum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Garnier Bay, Somerset Island, which is in a Ludlow reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Douro Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: Nunavut collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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