Erbechinus (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae

Parent taxon: Temnopleurinae according to S. Nisiyama 1966

See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Brochopleurus, Mespilia, Salmaciella, Temnopleurus

Subtaxa: Erbechinus gratus

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Shirahama shrine (Miocene of Japan)

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