Allocentrotus (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Parent taxon: Strongylocentrotidae according to S. Nisiyama 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caenocentrotus, Heliocidaris, Loxechinus, Strongylocentrotus
Subtaxa: Allocentrotus japonicus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Tomiya Shrine (Quaternary of Japan)
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