Somaliaster (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Somaliasteridae

Parent taxon: Somaliasteridae according to C. D. Wagner and J. W. Durham 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Brightonia, Iraniaster, Leviechinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Somaliaster in the database

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