†Malumispongium (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Malumispongiidae
Parent taxon: Malumispongiidae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Novocarbonella, Oncosella, Scaphiomanon, Spissiparies, Walliospongia
Subtaxa: Malumispongium cornwallisi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Snowblind Creek, Cornwallis Island, sponge biostromes (Silurian of Nunavut)
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