Parvispina harpago Kornicker and Imbrie 1958 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida

Full reference: L. S. Kornicker and I. Imbrie. 1958. Holothurian sclerites from the Florena Shale (Permian) of Kansas. Micropaleontology 4:93-96

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

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962

Sister taxon: Parvispina spinosa

Type specimen: Holotype CU 28,623. Its type locality is Deep Creek Road, SE of Manhattan, which is in an Asselian coastal shale in the Florena Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: epifaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: Kansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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