Diagoniella tubulara Rigby and Harris 1979 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Protospongiidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and D. R. Harris. 1979. A new Silurian sponge fauna from northern British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 53(4):968-980

Belongs to Diagoniella according to J. K. Rigby and D. R. Harris 1979

Sister taxa: Diagoniella cyathiformis, Diagoniella hindei, Diagoniella magna, Diagoniella mica, Diagoniella robisoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC C-27724 Ware, which is in a Llandovery marginal marine siltstone in Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC C-27724 Ware

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