Domechinus Kier 1962 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae

Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1962. Revision of the cassiduloid echinoids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 144(3):1-262

Parent taxon: Faujasiidae according to P. M. Kier 1966

See also Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Australanthus, Eurypetalum, Faujasia, Fauraster, Gongrochanus, Lefortia, Petalobrissus, Pygidiolampas, Stigmatopyginae, Zuffardia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Domechinus in the database

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