Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Parent taxon: Arbaciidae according to S. Nisiyama 1966
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1941, Fell and Pawson 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kier 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acropeltis, Acrosaster, Arbacia, Arbaciella, Arbia, Atopechinus, Baueria, Codiopsis, Coelopleuridae, Echinocidaris, Glypticus, Goniopygus, Hattopsis, Heteropodia, Magnosia, Noetlingaster, Pleiocyphus, Podocidaris
Subtaxa: Coelopleurus carolinensis Coelopleurus castroi Coelopleurus coronaformis Coelopleurus infulatus Coelopleurus maculatus Coelopleurus singularis Murravechinus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Japan (1)
• Eocene of Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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