†Cottaldia benettiae Koenig 1825 (sea urchin)
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Alternative combination: Echinus benettiae
Synonym: Cottaldia rotula Clark and Twitchell 1915
Full reference: C. D. E. Koenig. 1825. Icones Fossilium Sectiles, Centuria Prima 1-4
Belongs to Cottaldia according to A. B. Smith 1991
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Koenig 1825
Sister taxon: Cotteaudia
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections), France (7), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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