Radiolaria - Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae

Alternative combination: Ruesticyrtium palfyi

Full reference: W. Kozur, P. Moix, and P. Ozsvart. 2007. Characteristic Nassellaria of the lower Tuvalian (Upper Triassic) Spongotortilispinus moixi Zone of the Huğlu Unit in the Mersin Mélange, southeastern Turkey. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles / SVSN 90(3):151-173

Belongs to Veloruesticyrtium according to W. Kozur et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Ruesticyrtium coronatum, Ruesticyrtium georgi, Ruesticyrtium goczani, Ruesticyrtium latidentatum, Ruesticyrtium lobatum, Ruesticyrtium mostleri, Ruesticyrtium rieberi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gavuructugu, sample G11, which is in a Tuvalian marine limestone in the Killik Formation of Turkey

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore