Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Alternative spelling: Stomopneutes
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1841. Préface. Monographies d’échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Anatomie des échinodermes. I. Monographie de anatomie du genre Echinus. L. Agassiz, Neuchâtel 1-10
Parent taxon: Stomechinidae according to S. Nisiyama 1966
See also Fell and Pawson 1966, Jackson 1937, Sepkoski 2002 and Villier 2011
Sister taxa: Circopeltis, Codechinus, Diplechinus, Diplotagma, Echinotiara, Jeannetia, Phymechinus, Phymotaxis, Polycyphus, Psephechinus, Pseudarbacia, Stomechinus, Thierychinus, Tiarechinopsis, Triadechinus, Trochalosoma
Subtaxa: Stomopneustes antiquus Stomopneustes pristinus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1)
• Eocene of Japan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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