Tenuirachnius Durham 1955 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1955. Classification of clypeasteroid echinoids. California University Publications in Geological Sciences 31:73-198

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

See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astrodapsis, Echinarachnius, Kewia, Nipponaster, Pseudoastrodapsis, Remondella, Vaquerosella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tenuirachnius in the database

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