Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Full reference: H. W. Kozur, P. Moix, and P. Ozsvart. 2009. New Spumellaria (Radiolaria) from the Early Tuvalian Spongotortilispinus moixi zone of southeastern Turkey, with some remarks on the age of this fauna. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 149(1):25-59
Belongs to Capnuchosphaera according to H. W. Kozur et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Capnuchosphaera barnabasi, Capnuchosphaera borbalae, Capnuchosphaera bragini, Capnuchosphaera ciliciensis, Capnuchosphaera colemani, Capnuchosphaera concava, Capnuchosphaera constricta, Capnuchosphaera crassa, Capnuchosphaera cylindrica, Capnuchosphaera deweveri, Capnuchosphaera goestlingensis, Capnuchosphaera gracilispinosa, Capnuchosphaera lenticulata, Capnuchosphaera mersinensis, Capnuchosphaera mexicana, Capnuchosphaera mostleri, Capnuchosphaera multispinosa, Capnuchosphaera oesii, Capnuchosphaera okayi, Capnuchosphaera ottomanensis, Capnuchosphaera palawanensis, Capnuchosphaera schenki, Capnuchosphaera silviesensis, Capnuchosphaera smithorum, Capnuchosphaera sockensis, Capnuchosphaera soldierensis, Capnuchosphaera texensis, Capnuchosphaera theloides, Capnuchosphaera triassica, Capnuchosphaera tricornis, Capnuchosphaera tumorspinosa, Capnuchosphaera tuvalica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gavuructugu, sample G11, which is in a Tuvalian marine limestone in the Killik Formation of Turkey
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Gavuructugu, sample G11
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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