Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and D. Collins. 2004. Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia. Royal Ontario Museum Contributions in Science 1:1-155
Belongs to Leptomitus according to J. K. Rigby and D. Collins 2004
Sister taxa: Leptomitus conicus, Leptomitus lineatus, Leptomitus minor, Leptomitus teretiusculus, Leptomitus zitteli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Walcott Quarry, Fossil Ridge, Greater Phyllopod Bed, which is in a Delamaran deep-water shale in the Burgess Shale Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Walcott Quarry, Fossil Ridge, Greater Phyllopod Bed
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