†Scutella tuomeyi Clark and Twitchell 1915 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae
Alternative combination: Protoscutella tuomeyi
Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341
Belongs to Scutella according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915
See also Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Scutella cazonesensis, Scutella floridana, Scutella nipponica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fort Motte station, 14 miles south of, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the McBean Formation of South Carolina
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Fort Motte station, 14 miles south of
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