Etheridgella biconvexa Summerson and Campbell 1958 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Etheridgellidae

Full reference: C. H. Summerson and L. J. Campbell. 1958. Holothurian Sclerites from the Kendrick Shale of Eastern Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 32(5):961-969

Belongs to Etheridgella according to C. H. Summerson and L. J. Campbell 1958

Sister taxa: Etheridgella pentagonia, Etheridgella porosa

Type specimen: Holotype No. TC 97, University of Kentucky. Its type locality is Cow Creek, Prestonsburg, Floyd County, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Breathitt Formation of Kentucky.

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Cow Creek, Prestonsburg, Floyd County

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