Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Alternative combinations: Cidaris regularis, Hypodiadema regularis
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 Polycidaris according to P. M. Kier 1984
See also Kier 1977, Laube 1865 and Münster 1841
Sister taxa: Polycidaris escheri, Polycidaris gygii, Polycidaris ilminsterensis, Polycidaris legayi, Polycidaris spinosa, Polycidaris spinulosa
Type specimen: BSPG AS VII 435. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Munster coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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