Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae

Synonym: Echinocyphus Cotteau 1860 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Temnopleuridae according to H. B. Fell and D. L. Pawson 1966

See also Novack-Gottshall 2025 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amblypneustes, Desmechinus, Genocidaris, Glyptechinus, Goniosigma, Grammechinus, Graphepleurus, Irenechinus, Leiocyphus, Leptopleurus, Martinechinus, Microcyphus, Opechinus, Ortholophus, Paradoxechinus, Printechinus, Prionechinus, Pseudarbacina, Pseudechinus, Pseudodicoptella, Salmacis, Scolechinus, Temnechinus, Temnopleurinae, Temnotrema, Triplacidia, Zeuglopleurus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Echinocyphus in the database

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