Brissoides elongatum Sanchez Roig 1924 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida

Belongs to Brissoides according to Sanchez Roig 1924

Sister taxa: Brissoides brevipetalum, Brissoides cubensis, Brissoides depressus, Brissoides formosus, Brissoides herrerae, Brissoides mayor, Brissoides munozi

Type specimen: Its type locality is "Cervantes", San José de las Lajas, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in Cuba

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at "Cervantes", San José de las Lajas

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