Protozoa - Nassellaria - Xitidae
Alternative combination: Dictyomitra spicularia
Belongs to Xitus according to Pessagno 1977
Sister taxa: Xitus alievi, Xitus antelopensis, Xitus asymbatos, Xitus gifuensis, Xitus magnus, Xitus mosquensis, Xitus pulcher, Xitus reticulatus, Xitus singularis, Xitus takayanagii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (8 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Germany (4), Italy (46), Malaysia (13), Oman (10), the Philippines (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (3), Turkey (1), United States (1: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (9), Italy (2), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (10), Switzerland (1)
Total: 115 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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