Leptomitella incepta Rigby and Collins 2004 (demosponge)

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 Leptomitella according to J. K. Rigby and D. Collins 2004

Sister taxa: Leptomitella confusa, Leptomitella conica, Leptomitella metta

Type specimen: Its type locality is dip slope south of Fossil Gully Fault, Mount Field, which is in a Delamaran deep-water shale in the Burgess Shale Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Delamaran of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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