Protozoa - Nassellaria - Xitidae
Full reference: V. S. Vishnevskaya and P. De Wever. 1998. Upper Cretaceous Radiolaria from the Russian Platform (Moscow Basin). Revue de Micropaleontologie 41(3):235-265
Belongs to Xitus according to V. S. Vishnevskaya and P. De Wever 1998
Sister taxa: Xitus alievi, Xitus antelopensis, Xitus asymbatos, Xitus gifuensis, Xitus magnus, Xitus pulcher, Xitus reticulatus, Xitus singularis, Xitus spicularius, Xitus takayanagii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Moscow Basin, borehole 112, sample 5, which is in a Turonian basinal (siliceous) chert/claystone in the Russian Federation
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Moscow Basin, borehole 112, sample 5
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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