Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1999. Silurian (Wenlock) demosponges from the Avalanche Lake area of the Mackenzie Mountains, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 16:1-43
Belongs to Patellispongia according to J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton 1999
Sister taxa: Patellispongia alternata, Patellispongia argentina, Patellispongia australis, Patellispongia brosiusae, Patellispongia clintoni, Patellispongia mackenziensis, Patellispongia minutipora, Patellispongia oculata, Patellispongia robusta, Patellispongia rugosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Section AV1, 590m, Avalanche Lake, which is in a Sheinwoodian offshore lime mudstone/wackestone in the Delorme Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Section AV1, 590m, Avalanche Lake
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