Zhamoidellum argandi O'Dogherty et al. 2006 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae

Full reference: L. O'Dogherty, M. Bill, S. Gorican, P. Dumitrica, and H. Masson. 2006. Bathonian radiolarians from an ophiolitic mélange of the Alpine Tethys (Gets Nappe, Swiss-French Alps). Micropaleontology 51(6):425-485

Belongs to Zhamoidellum according to L. O'Dogherty et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Zhamoidellum boehmi, Zhamoidellum calamin, Zhamoidellum mikamense, Zhamoidellum ornatum, Zhamoidellum ovum, Zhamoidellum ventricosum, Zhamoidellum yehae, Complexapora tirolica

Type specimen: LO16948. Its type locality is VS 3, Vorderi Schneit outcrop, Perrières series, Gets Nappe, Alps, which is in a Bathonian basinal (siliciclastic) chert in Switzerland.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at VS 3, Vorderi Schneit outcrop, Perrières series, Gets Nappe, Alps

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