Tetrapyle Haeckel 1858 (radiolarian)

Polycystina - 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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tetrapyle in the database

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