†Zardinisoma polyplacophorum 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 japonicum, Zardinisoma pauciplacophorum, Zardinisoma pyriforme
Type specimen: GPIT/TU/1. Its type locality is Seelandalpe (Alpe di Specie) (Zardini collection), which is in a Julian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone/packstone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Seelandalpe (Alpe di Specie) (Zardini collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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