Lenita Desor 1847 (sand dollar)

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

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lenita in the database

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