Brissus Gray 1825 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Parent taxon: Brissidae according to A. G. Fischer 1966

See also Grant and Hertlein 1938, Henderson 1975, Kier 1984 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arcaechinus, Brissopatagus, Brissopsidae, Brissopsis, Cionobrissus, Cyclaster, Eupatagus, Fernandezaster, Fourtaunia, Gillechinus, Gualtieria, Hernandezaster, Herreraster, Hikelaster, Hysteraster, Lajanaster, Macropneustes, Mariania, Mauritanaster, Megapneustes, Meoma, Metalia, Migliorinia, Pharaonaster, Plagiobrissus, Plesiopatagus, Radiobrissus, Rhynobrissus, Rojasia, Stomaporus, Taimanawa, Trachypatagus

Subtaxa: Brissus cabrerai Brissus camagueyensis Brissus caobaense Brissus durhami Brissus eximius Brissus expansus Brissus fragilis Brissus glenni Brissus inaequalis Brissus kewi Brissus latecarinatus Brissus minutus Brissus rana Brissus sagrae Brissus spatiosus Brissus unicolor

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Type: Brissus fragilis

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Palau (1 collection), Taiwan (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Cuba (1), Egypt (2), Fiji (2), Japan (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), Australia (3), Indonesia (1), Malta (1), Moldova (3), Ukraine (1), United States (1: California)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (3: Florida, Georgia, Texas)

• Eocene of Cuba (1)

Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences

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