Mortensenites cuneus Frizzell and Exline 1955 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline. 1955. Monograph of fossil holothurian sclerites. Bulletin of the Missouri University School of Metallurgy and Mines, Technical series 89:1-204

Belongs to Mortensenites according to M. Deflandre-Rigaud 1962

See also Frizzell and Exline 1955

Sister taxa: Mortensenites circularis, Mortensenites elongatus, Mortensenites liasicus, Mortensenites sievertsi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mortensenites cuneus in the database

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