Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Alternative combinations: Entactinosphaera echinata, Heliosoma echinata, Xiphosphaera echinata
Belongs to Trilonche according to Y. Wang et al. 2003
See also Aitchison 1993, Aitchison et al. 1999 and Nazarov and Ormiston 1983
Sister taxa: Trilonche cancellicula, Trilonche chiangdaoensis, Trilonche cimelia, Trilonche crassus, Trilonche davidi, Trilonche dihelicis, Trilonche elegans, Trilonche hindea, Trilonche minax, Trilonche nanningensis, Trilonche parapalimbola, Trilonche pittmani, Trilonche remosa, Trilonche robusta, Trilonche tanheensis, Trilonche tetractinia, Trilonche textilis, Trilonche trifoliolata, Trilonche vachardi, Trilonche vetusta, Trilonche xinpoensis, Trilonche yaoi, Duosphaera hebes, Bisphaera dissimilicortex, Bisphaera cribrisimilis, Bisphaera solidispinosa, Bisphaera uniprocera, Bisphaera beniguna, Druppalonche clavigera, Druppalonche ovata, Ornatoentactinia spartaci, Ornatoentactinia solita, Ornatoentactinia agarkovi, Ornatoentactinia klevtsovae, Ornatoentactinia spinisica, Ornatoentactinia beljaevorum, Bientactinosphaera spinofoliacea, Bientactinosphaera morozovi, Bientactinosphaera miletenkoi, Bientactinosphaera maslakovae, Bientactinosphaera pinica, Bientactinosphaera zuraevi, Staurodruppa prolata, Staurodruppa nana, Staurodruppa nucula, Staurodruppa praelonga, Staurodruppa foxii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (7 collections)
• Devonian of Australia (7), United States (2: Ohio)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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