Tetrapyle Haeckel 1858 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyloniidae
Synonym: Pylonium Haeckel 1881
Parent taxon: Pyloniidae according to G. K. Sharma and K. Takahashi 2007
See also De Wever et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dipylissinae, Palaeotetrapylinae, Phorticium, Pylodiscinae, Pyloniinae, Pylospira, Spirema, Trizonium
Subtaxa: Tetrapyle octacantha
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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