†Moira atropos Lamarck 1816 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Alternative combinations: Schizaster atropos, Spatangus atropos
Belongs to Moira according to P. M. Kier 1992
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1942 and Holmes 1860
Sister taxa: Moira (Moira), Moira (Moiropsis), Moira clothro
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Maryland, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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