Centropygus (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida

Parent taxon: Cassiduloida according to P. M. Kier 1966

See also Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astropygaulus, Bothryopneutes, Calilampus, Cassidulina, Claviaster, Clypeanthus, Conoclypeus, Echinanthus, Eogaleropygus, Gitolampas, Harduinia, Laticlypus, Lovenilampas, Neolampadina, Ovulechinus, Platypygus, Procassidulus, Pygurostoma, Stegopygus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Centropygus in the database

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