Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Full reference: W. Kozur, P. Moix, and P. Ozsvart. 2007. Characteristic Nassellaria of the lower Tuvalian (Upper Triassic) Spongotortilispinus moixi Zone of the Huglu Unit in the Mersin Mélange, southeastern Turkey. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles / SVSN 90(3):151-173
Belongs to Ruesticyrtium according to W. Kozur et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Ruesticyrtium coronatum, Ruesticyrtium georgi, Ruesticyrtium goczani, Ruesticyrtium lobatum, Ruesticyrtium mostleri, Ruesticyrtium rieberi, Veloruesticyrtium palfyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gavuructugu, sample G11, which is in a Tuvalian marine limestone in the Killik Formation of Turkey
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Gavuructugu, sample G11
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