Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Belongs to Clypeaster according to Lambert 1924
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 herrerae, 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 speciosus, Clypeaster subdepressus, Clypeaster sunnilandensis, Clypeaster surarui, Clypeaster topilanus, Clypeaster transsylvanicus, Clypeaster virescens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pueblo de Cañas, Pinar del Río, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Cuba
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Pueblo de Cañas, Pinar del Río
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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