Lepidesthes (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Echinocystitoida - Lepidesthidae

Parent taxon: Lepidesthidae according to P. M. Kier 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Meekechinus

Subtaxa: Lepidesthes devonicans

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Top Orchard Quarry (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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