Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae
Parent taxon: Temnopleuridae according to S. Nisiyama 1966
Sister taxa: Amblypneustes, Desmechinus, Echinocyphus, Genocidaris, Glyptechinus, Goniosigma, Grammechinus, Graphepleurus, Irenechinus, Leiocyphus, Leptopleurus, Martinechinus, Microcyphus, Opechinus, Ortholophus, Paradoxechinus, Printechinus, Prionechinus, Pseudarbacina, Pseudechinus, Pseudodicoptella, Salmacis, Scolechinus, Temnechinus, Temnotrema, Triplacidia, Zeuglopleurus
Subtaxa: Brochopleurus Erbechinus Mespilia Salmaciella Temnopleurus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (7 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), South Africa (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences