Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Synonym: Tuponia Walcott 1920
Parent taxon: Leptomitidae according to D. C. García-Bellido et al. 2007
See also Bambach et al. 2007, Finks et al. 2004, Rigby and Collins 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Jianhella, Leptomitella, Paraleptomitella, Pseudoleptomitus, Wareiella
Subtaxa: Leptomitus conicus Leptomitus lineatus Leptomitus minor Leptomitus teretiusculus Leptomitus undulatus Leptomitus zitteli
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (16: Brithish Columbia, British Columbia collections), China (23), Spain (2), United States (6: Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont)
Total: 47 collections including 49 occurrences
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