Cucumarites spitiensis Soodan 1986 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Full reference: K. S. Soodan. 1986. Fossil Holothurioidea from the Triassic sequence of Spiti Himalaya, India. Geoscience Journal, Lucknow 7(1):61-70

Belongs to Cucumarites according to K. D. Kalita et al. 2002

See also Soodan 1986

Sister taxa: Cucumarites ambiguus, Cucumarites angulatus, Cucumarites compactus, Cucumarites dentatus, Cucumarites dentigerus, Cucumarites diplococcus, Cucumarites diversimeatus, Cucumarites dubius, Cucumarites feifeli, Cucumarites heteroporus, Cucumarites holsaticus, Cucumarites inflatus, Cucumarites microporus, Cucumarites mortenseni, Cucumarites nigrivaccae, Cucumarites pauciperforatus, Cucumarites pauciperforatus, Cucumarites proteus, Cucumarites punctiferus, Cucumarites radiatus, Cucumarites robustus, Cucumarites scaber, Cucumarites schlumbergeri, Cucumarites soodanii, Cucumarites sparsispinosus, Cucumarites speciosus, Cucumarites squamma, Cucumarites undatus

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of India (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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