†Scutella nipponica Nagao 1928 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae
Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12(1):11-140
Belongs to Scutella according to T. Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Scutella cazonesensis, Scutella floridana, Scutella tuomeyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ashiya-machi, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Yamaga Formation of Japan
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Ashiya-machi
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