Samlandaster Lambert and Thiéry 1914 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida

Full reference: J. Lambert and P. Thiéry. 1914. Essai de nomenclature Raisonnée des échinides. L. Ferrière, Chaumont (4)241-320

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

See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Laganiformes, Proescutella, Scutelliformes, Scutellinidae, Scutulum

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Samlandaster in the database

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