†Kewia Nisiyama 1935 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
Parent taxon: Echinarachniidae according to R. A. Linder et al. 1988
See also Durham 1955, Durham 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 1974
Sister taxa: Astrodapsis, Echinarachnius, Nipponaster, Pseudoastrodapsis, Remondella, Tenuirachnius, Vaquerosella
Subtaxa: Kewia blancoensis Kewia fairbanksi Kewia kannoi Kewia kehoei Kewia lituyaensis Kewia marquamensis Kewia tachilniensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: Alaska collections)
• Miocene of United States (16: Alaska, California)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Oregon)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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