Aboculus robustus Wernlund 1977 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Achistridae

Full reference: R. J. Wernlund. 1977. Biostratigraphy and paleocology of Holothurian sclerites from the Pinery Member, Bell Canyon Formation (Permian) of the Delaware Basin of West Texas. 1-122

Belongs to Aboculus according to R. J. Wernlund 1977

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: holotype TTU-N09/6 7, paratypes TTU-N09/68-71, TTU-NlO/28. Its type locality is Pine Springs area, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian basinal (carbonate) floatstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pine Springs area, Guadalupe Mountains

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