Parvispina spinosa Frizzell and Exline 1955 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida

Alternative combination: Stichopites spinosus

Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline. 1955. Monograph of fossil holothurian sclerites. Bulletin of the Missouri University School of Metallurgy and Mines, Technical series 89:1-204

Belongs to Parvispina according to L. S. Kornicker and I. Imbrie 1958

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962 and Frizzell and Exline 1955

Sister taxon: Parvispina harpago

Ecology: epifaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Parvispina spinosa in the database

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