Echinobrissus orbicularis Phillips 1835 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae

Alternative combination: Clypeus orbicularis

Belongs to Echinobrissus according to W. Jesionek-Szymanska 1963

Sister taxa: Nucleolites hori, Nucleolites scutatus, Echinobrissus clunicularis, Echinobrissus angustatus, Echinobrissus expansus, Echinobrissus terquemi, Echinobrissus ammonis, Echinobrissus lefebvrei, Echinobrissus elongatus, Echinobrissus pilensis, Echinobrissus atlanticus

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Brzezie, near Balin (Jurassic of Poland)

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