Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Belongs to Clypeaster according to Lambert 1926
Sister taxa: Clypeaster (Palaeanthus), Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus), Clypeaster abruptus, Clypeaster antillarum, Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster bowersi, Clypeaster butleri, Clypeaster carrizoensis, Clypeaster caudatus, Clypeaster concavus, Clypeaster cotteaui, Clypeaster cubensis, Clypeaster deserti, Clypeaster europacificus, Clypeaster excentricum, Clypeaster gatuni, Clypeaster humilis, Clypeaster japonicus, Clypeaster lanceolatus, Clypeaster lopezriosi, Clypeaster maoadentroensis, Clypeaster meridanensis, Clypeaster ochrus, Clypeaster oxybaphon, Clypeaster parrae, Clypeaster parvus, Clypeaster placentoides, Clypeaster planipetalum, Clypeaster reticulatus, Clypeaster rogersi, Clypeaster rosaceus, Clypeaster rotundus, Clypeaster saipanicus, Clypeaster sanchezi, Clypeaster speciosus, Clypeaster subdepressus, Clypeaster sunnilandensis, Clypeaster surarui, Clypeaster topilanus, Clypeaster transsylvanicus, Clypeaster virescens
Type specimen: Its type locality is "Santa Marta", San Antonio de los Baños, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Cuba
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at "Santa Marta", San Antonio de los Baños
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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