†Douvillaster (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Parent taxon: Toxasteridae according to P. M. Kier 1984
See also Fischer 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adytaster, Aphelaster, Enallaster, Enallopneustes, Heteraster, Isaster, Macraster, Mokotibaster, Polydesmaster, Toxaster
Subtaxa: Douvillaster triangularis
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (2 collections), Mozambique (2), Spain (4)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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