Paralampas conceptionis Sanchez-Roig 1953 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae

Full reference: M. Sanchez-Roig. 1953. Nuevos Equinidos fosiles de la fauna Cubana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas Y Naturales de la Habana 41:136-176

Belongs to Paralampas according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953

Sister taxa: Cassidulus (Paralampas) conradi, Cassidulus (Paralampas) lyelli, Paralampas rancureli

Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 762, a test. Its type locality is Finca "La Concepcion", Corral Concepcion, Moron, which is in an Eocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Finca "La Concepcion", Corral Concepcion, Moron

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