Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Alternative spelling: Stomechiens
Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131
Parent taxon: Stomopneustoida according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
See also Fell and Pawson 1966, Linder et al. 1988, Nisiyama 1966 and Smith 1995
Sister taxa: Glyptocidaridae, Stomopneustidae
Subtaxa: Circopeltis Codechinus Diplechinus Diplotagma Echinotiara Jeannetia Phymechinus Phymotaxis Polycyphus Psephechinus Pseudarbacia Stomechinus Stomopneustes Thierychinus Tiarechinopsis Triadechinus Trochalosoma
Type: Stomechinus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1 collection)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1), United States (4: Florida, Oregon)
• Eocene of Cuba (1), France (1), Haiti (1), Japan (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (2), the Netherlands (2)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), Egypt (1), Mali (3), the Netherlands (6), Oman (4), Portugal (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Chile (3), France (4), Germany (4), Iran (1), Jordan (1), Luxembourg (1), Morocco (2), Poland (5), Saudi Arabia (10), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 73 collections including 80 occurrences