Rhyncholampas rodriguezi Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Belongs to Rhyncholampas according to Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926

Sister taxa: Rhyncholampas alabamensis, Rhyncholampas carolinensis, Rhyncholampas conradi, Rhyncholampas gouldii, Rhyncholampas grignonensis, Rhyncholampas pacificus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Las Cuevas, Pinar del Río, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Cuba

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Las Cuevas, Pinar del Río

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