Hillocystis Jell 1983

Rhombifera - Pleurocystitidae

Full reference: P. A. Jell. 1983. Early Devonian echinoderms from Victoria (Rhombifera, Blastoidea and Ophiocistoidea). Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 1:209-235

Parent taxon: Pleurocystitidae according to E. Nardin and J. Bohatý 2013

See also Jell 1983

Sister taxa: Deltacystinae, Henicocystinae, Pleurocystitinae

Subtaxa: Hillocystis atracta

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Type: Hillocystis atracta

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at NMVPL252 echinoderms, central Victoria (Devonian of Australia)

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