Synonym: Clypeobrissus Currie 1925
Full reference: R. Fourtau. 1924. Catalogue des Invertébrés fossiles de l’Egypte représentés dans les collections du Musée de Géologie au Caire. Terrains Jurassiques. Ière partie. Echinodermes. Palaeontological Series 6, Geological Survey of Egypt, Cairo 1-39
Parent taxon: Neognathostomata according to Smith 1981
See also Kier 1962 and Kier 1966
Sister taxa: Apatopygidae, Archiaciidae, Cassiduloida, Clypeasteroida, Clypeidae, Clypeolampadidae, Echinolampadoida, Nucleolitidae, Pygaulidae
Subtaxa: Bothryopneustes lamberti
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (40 collections), Tunisia (1)
Total: 41 collections including 52 occurrences
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