Radiolaria - Spumellaria - Xiphostylidae

Full reference: W. Kiessling. 1999. Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Antarctic Peninsula. Micropaleontology 45(S1):1-96

Belongs to Tripocyclia according to W. Kiessling 1999

Sister taxa: Tripocyclia brooksi, Tripocyclia foremanae, Tripocyclia mascula, Tripocyclia smithi, Tripocyclia southforkensis, Tripocyclia tortuosa, Tripocyclia trigonum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Longing Gap Radiolarians, K 20-1, which is in a Tithonian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore