Sphaerechinus Desor 1856 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae

Parent taxon: Toxopneustidae according to A. B. Smith 2009

See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Goniopneustes, Gymnechinus, Lytechinus, Mirechinus, Nudechinus, Oligophyma, Pseudoboletia, Pseudocentrotus, Schizechinus, Scholiechinus, Toxopneustes

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Vallonnet Cave bed 2, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes Maritimes (Quaternary of France)

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