Croneisites laevigatus Schlumberger 1890 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Synaptitidae

Alternative combinations: Synapta laevigata, Synaptites laevigatus

Full reference: C. Schlumberger. 1890. Seconde note sur les holothuridées du Calcaire Grossier. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 18(3):191-206

Belongs to Croneisites according to D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline 1966

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1949 and Schlumberger 1890

Sister taxa: Croneisites insignis, Croneisites oligocaenicus, Croneisites polonicus

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Calcaire grossier, Chaussy, Val d'Oise (Eocene of France)

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