Rumphia Desor 1858 (sand dollar)
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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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