Nucleolites (Pygorhynchus) planatus Forbes 1846 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Nucleolites (Pygorhynchus) according to E. Forbes 1846

Sister taxa: Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) sabistonensis, Nucleolites (Pygorhynchus) testudo, Pygorhynchus obovatus, Botriopygus parallelus, Botriopygus alabamensis, Botriopygus antillarum

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nucleolites (Pygorhynchus) planatus in the database

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