Rumphia Desor 1858 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Laganidae

Full reference: E. Desor. 1858. Synopsis des échinides fossiles. Reinwald, Paris 1-490

Parent taxon: Laganidae according to J. W. Durham 1955

See also Cooke 1942, Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Fibulina, Hupea, Jacksonaster, Laganinae, Laganum, Neolaganinae, Peronella, Peronellites, Sismondia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rumphia in the database

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