†Habanaster (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Parent taxon: Micrasteridae according to P. M. Kier 1984
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner and Durham 1966
Sister taxa: Brissopneustes, Cyclasterinae, Isopneustes, Micraster, Ovulaster
Subtaxa: Habanaster sanchezi
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Canteras del Tejar "Consuelo" (Miocene of Cuba)
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