†Myriotrochites gracillimus Whidborne 1883 (sea cucumber)
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Holothuroidea - Chiridotitidae
Alternative combinations: Chiridota gracillima, Chiridotites gracillimus
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 Myriotrochites according to M. Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1950, Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 and Whidborne 1883
Sister taxa: Myriotrochites helveticus, Myriotrochites operculum
Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Vaches Noires Cliff, stratigraphic bed unknown (Jurassic of France)
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