†family Exlinellidae Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 (sea cucumber)
Holothuroidea - Molpadiida - Exlinellidae
Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1962. Contribution à la connaissance des sclérites d'holothurides fossiles. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série C 11:1-123
Parent taxon: Molpadiida according to D. L. Pawson 1966
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 and Frizzell and Exline 1966
Sister taxa: Caudinidae, Gephyrothuriidae, Molpadiidae
Subtaxa: Exlinella Jordanocaudina Pedatopriscus Pseudoexlinella
Type: Exlinella
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal deposit feeder
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