Erbechinus (sea urchin)
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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
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Shirahama shrine (Miocene of Japan)
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