†Arbia Cooke 1948 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Parent taxon: Arbaciidae according to P. M. Kier 1997
See also Cooke 1959, Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acropeltis, Acrosaster, Arbacia, Arbaciella, Atopechinus, Baueria, Codiopsis, Coelopleuridae, Coelopleurus, Echinocidaris, Glypticus, Goniopygus, Hattopsis, Heteropodia, Magnosia, Noetlingaster, Pleiocyphus, Podocidaris
Subtaxa: Arbia aldrichi
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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