Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Full reference: M. Sanchez-Roig. 1953. Nuevos Equinidos fosiles de la fauna Cubana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas Y Naturales de la Habana 41:136-176
Belongs to Cassidulus according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953
Sister taxa: Cassidulus (Cassidulus), Cassidulus (Galerolampas), Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus), Cassidulus abruptus, Cassidulus amygdala, Cassidulus caribaearum, Cassidulus ellipticus, Cassidulus gouldii, Cassidulus mercedensis, Cassidulus yoshiwarai, Nucleolites (Cassidulus) elatus
Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 755, a test. Its type locality is Finca "La Fortuna", Marroquin, which is in an Oligocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Finca "La Fortuna", Marroquin
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