†Lenita Desor 1847 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Parent taxon: Fibulariidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyamidia, Echinocyamus, Eoscutum, Fibularia, Fibulariella, Fibulaster, Lenicyamidia, Leniechinus, Mortonia, Porpitella, Scutellina, Tarphypygus, Thagastea, Togocyamus
Subtaxa: Lenita israelskyi
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lenita in the database
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