Staurocumites tetraporatus Kozur and Mostler 1989 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Full reference: H. Kozur and H. Mostler. 1989. Echinoderm remains from the Middle Permian (Wordian) from Sosio Valley (western Sicily). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 132:677-685

Belongs to Staurocumites according to H. Kozur and H. Mostler 1989

Sister taxa: Staurocumites bartensteini, Staurocumites horridus

Type specimen: Holotype KoMo 1988 1-4/IV-57. Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, Sosio Valley, which is in a Wordian offshore limestone in Italy.

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Rupe del Passo di Burgio, Sosio Valley

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