Clypeolampas ovatus Lamarck 1816 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Clypeolampadidae

Alternative combination: Galerites ovatus

Synonyms: Clypeaster leskei Goldfuss 1829, Clypeolampas douvillei Lambert 1919, Clypeolampas mengaudi Lambert 1919

Belongs to Clypeolampas according to A. B. Smith 1995

See also Kier 1962 and Rehfeld and Ernst 1998

Sister taxa: Clypeolampas gosaviensis, Clypeolampas lestelli, Clypeolampas perovalis, Clypeolampas vishnu

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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