Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Parent taxon: Arbaciidae according to R. A. Linder et al. 1988
See also Cooke 1941, Fell and Pawson 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acropeltis, Acrosaster, Arbaciella, Arbia, Atopechinus, Baueria, Codiopsis, Coelopleuridae, Coelopleurus, Echinocidaris, Glypticus, Goniopygus, Hattopsis, Heteropodia, Magnosia, Noetlingaster, Pleiocyphus, Podocidaris
Subtaxa: Arbacia abiquaensis Arbacia dufresnii Arbacia forbesii Arbacia improcera Arbacia incisa Arbacia lixula Arbacia nodulosa Arbacia punctulata Arbacia rivuli Arbacia sloani Arbacia spatuligera Arbacia waccamaw
Type: Echinus lixula
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Mexico (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (6: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)
• Miocene of Spain (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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