Holothuroidea - Apodida - Myriotrochidae
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 Acanthotheelia according to K. S. Soodan 1991
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Gazdzicki et al. 1978, Kristan-Tollmann 1963, Mostler 1972, Speckmann 1968 and Zawidzka 1971
Sister taxa: Acanthotheelia angustiperforata, Acanthotheelia anisica, Acanthotheelia diffissa, Acanthotheelia helios, Acanthotheelia ladinica, Acanthotheelia pseudospinosa, Acanthotheelia pulchra, Acanthotheelia rhaetica, Acanthotheelia triassica, Acanthotheelia veghae
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (1 collection), Iran (1), Italy (6), Slovakia (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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