Crucella messinae Pessagno 1971 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae

Belongs to Crucella according to Pessagno 1971

Sister taxa: Crucella angulosa, Crucella beata, Crucella cachensis, Crucella carteri, Crucella cavata, Crucella collina, Crucella concinna, Crucella espartoensis, Crucella flowerpotensis, Crucella hettangica, Crucella irwini, Crucella jadeae, Crucella kaisunensis, Crucella magna, Crucella mexicana, Crucella mijo, Crucella mirabunda, Crucella plana, Crucella prisca, Crucella spongase, Crucella squama, Crucella tenuis, Crucella theokaftensis

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Albania (2 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Germany (2), Greece (1), Italy (24), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (3), United States (2: California)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Mexico (1)

• Jurassic of Italy (1), Turkey (1), United States (4: California)

Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence

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