Theelia mesopermiana Kozur and Mostler 1989 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Chiridotidae

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 Theelia according to H. Kozur and H. Mostler 1989

Sister taxa: Theelia alta, Theelia alveata, Theelia anguinea, Theelia conglobata, Theelia convexa, Theelia crassidentata, Theelia dentata, Theelia doreckae, Theelia dzhulfaensis, Theelia fastigata, Theelia fissa, Theelia florida, Theelia guembeli, Theelia hexacneme, Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia koeveskalensis, Theelia kutscheri, Theelia lata, Theelia latimarginata, Theelia liassica, Theelia liptovskaensis, Theelia loferensis, Theelia monicae, Theelia mortenseni, Theelia multiplex, Theelia multiundulata, Theelia norica, Theelia petasiformis, Theelia planata, Theelia polydenticulata, Theelia praeacuta, Theelia praenorica, Theelia praeseniradiata, Theelia pseudoplanata, Theelia seniradiata, Theelia serta, Theelia sinaiensis, Theelia speciosa, Theelia staurolithensis, Theelia stellifera, Theelia synapta, Theelia teneromarginata, Theelia trammeri, Theelia undata, Theelia undulata, Theelia variabilis, Theelia wartensis, Theelia zawidzkae

Type specimen: Holotype KoMo 1988 1-5/IV-71. Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, Sosio Valley, which is in a Wordian offshore limestone in Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

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

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