Tetravirga imperforata Frizzell and Exline 1955 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea

Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and H. Exline. 1955. Monograph of fossil holothurian sclerites. Bulletin of the Missouri University School of Metallurgy and Mines, Technical series 89:1-204

Belongs to Tetravirga according to H. Mostler 1980

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Kozur and Mostler 1971, Mostler 1968, Mostler 1971, Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd 1976 and Wernlund 1977

Sister taxa: Tetravirga etheridgei, Tetravirga fordelensis, Tetravirga gracilis, Tetravirga liassica, Tetravirga perforata

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Hungary (3)

• Carboniferous of Afghanistan (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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