†Tripylaster Mortensen 1917 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Parent taxon: Hemiasteridae according to U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Cheopsia, Crucibrissus, Distefanaster, Ditremaster, Eoagassizia, Hemiaster, Heterolampas, Holcopneustes, Hypsopatagus, Isopetalum, Mecaster, Palhemiaster, Periaster, Psephoaster, Vomeraster, Washitaster
Subtaxa: Tripylaster philippii
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tripylaster in the database
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