Holothuroidea - Apodida - Chiridotidae
Alternative combinations: Chiridota speciosa, Chiridotites speciosus
Full reference: M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1946. Sur les divers types de sclérites d'holothuries oxfordiens des marnes de Villers-sur-Mer. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 223:513-515
Belongs to Theelia according to K. S. Soodan and R. Whatley 1988
See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1946, Deflandre-Rigaud 1950, Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 and Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
Sister taxa: Theelia alta, Theelia alveata, Theelia anguinea, Theelia conglobata, Theelia convexa, Theelia crassidentata, Theelia dentata, Theelia doreckae, Theelia dzhulfaensis, Theelia fastigata, Theelia fissa, Theelia florida, Theelia guembeli, Theelia hexacneme, Theelia immissorbicula, Theelia koeveskalensis, Theelia kutscheri, Theelia lata, Theelia latimarginata, Theelia liassica, Theelia liptovskaensis, Theelia loferensis, Theelia mesopermiana, Theelia monicae, Theelia mortenseni, Theelia multiplex, Theelia multiundulata, Theelia norica, Theelia petasiformis, Theelia planata, Theelia polydenticulata, Theelia praeacuta, Theelia praenorica, Theelia praeseniradiata, Theelia pseudoplanata, Theelia seniradiata, Theelia serta, Theelia sinaiensis, Theelia staurolithensis, Theelia stellifera, Theelia synapta, Theelia teneromarginata, Theelia trammeri, Theelia undata, Theelia undulata, Theelia variabilis, Theelia wartensis, Theelia zawidzkae
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Vaches Noires Cliff, stratigraphic bed unknown (Jurassic of France)
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