Echinoidea - Euechinoidea - Triadocidaridae
Alternative combination: Cidaris venusta
Synonym: Cidaris gerana Braun 1841
Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152
Belongs to Triadocidaris according to P. M. Kier 1984
See also Braun 1841, Kier 1977, Laube 1865 and Münster 1841
Sister taxa: Triadocidaris giauensis, Triadocidaris immunita, Triadocidaris persimilis, Triadocidaris subsimilis, Triadocidaris suessii, Triadocidaris transversa
Type specimens:
- Triadocidaris venusta: BSPG AS VII 436. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
- Cidaris gerana: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
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