†Somersetella digitata Rigby and Dixon 1979 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
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 Somersetella according to J. K. Rigby and O. A. Dixon 1979
Sister taxa: Somersetella amplia, Somersetella conicula
Type specimen: Its type locality is Two Rivers 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 (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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