Theelia convexa Whidborne 1883 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Chiridotidae

Alternative combinations: Chiridota convexa, Chiridotites convexus

Synonyms: Chiridota heptalampra Bartenstein 1936, Chiridotites heptalampra Bartenstein 1936, Theelia heptalampra Bartenstein 1936

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1883. Notes on some Fossils, chiefly Mollusca, from the Inferior Oolite. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 39(1-4):487-540

Belongs to Theelia according to P. M. Gilliland 1992

See also Bartenstein 1936, Deflandre-Rigaud 1950, Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Garbowska and Wierzbowski 1967, Górka and Luszczewska 1969, Henderson et al. 1992, Soodan and Whatley 1988 and Whidborne 1883

Sister taxa: Theelia alta, Theelia alveata, Theelia anguinea, Theelia conglobata, 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 mesopermiana, 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

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Jordan (2 collections), Poland (4), the United Kingdom (7)

• Triassic of Austria (1), Slovakia (2)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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