Pyruspongia camella Rigby 1971 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Pyruspongiidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1971. Sponges of the Ordovician Cat Head Member, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 202:35-79

Belongs to Pyruspongia according to J. K. Rigby 1971

Sister taxon: Pyruspongia ruga

Type specimen: Its type locality is McBeth Point-Cat Head-Lynx Point, Lake Winnipeg, which is in a Maysvillian carbonate dolomite/chert in the Red River Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at McBeth Point-Cat Head-Lynx Point, Lake Winnipeg

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