Synonym: Prostichopus Frentzen 1964
Full reference: G. Deflandre and M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1948. A propos de l'introduction de parataxons dans la nomenclature zoologique. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 15:705-724
Parent taxon: Stichopitidae according to K. D. Kalita et al. 2002
See also Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud 1948, Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Pawson 1966, Said and Barakat 1958, Sepkoski 2002, Soodan 1991 and Zawidzka 1971
Sister taxa: Cucumarites, Frangerites, Jagdipina, Praeeuphronides, Punctatites, Ramusites, Rhabdotites, Stichopitella, Syneuphronides, Thenuisites, Uncinulina, Uncinulinoides
Subtaxa: Stichopites mortenseni
Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (3 collections), France (1), India (1)
• Triassic of Poland (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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