†Zardinisoma japonicum Wendt 2018 (sea squirt)
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Ascidiacea - Khmeriamorpha - Khmeriidae
Full reference: J. Wendt. 2018. The first tunicate with a calcareous exoskeleton (Upper Triassic, Northern Italy). Palaeontology 61(4):575-595
Belongs to Zardinisoma according to J. Wendt 2018
Sister taxa: Zardinisoma cassianum, Zardinisoma pauciplacophorum, Zardinisoma polyplacophorum, Zardinisoma pyriforme
Type specimen: GPIT/TU/73
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Zardinisoma japonicum in the database
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