Totiglobus spencensis Wen et al. 2019

Edrioasteroidea - Edrioasterida - Totiglobidae

Full reference: R. Wen, L. E. Babcock, J. Peng and R. A. Robison. 2019. New edrioasteroid (Echinodermata) from the Spence Shale (Cambrian), Idaho, USA: further evidence of attachment in the early evolutionary history of edrioasteroids. Bulletin of Geosciences 94(1):115-124

Belongs to Totiglobus according to R. Wen et al. 2019

Sister taxon: Totiglobus lloydi

Type specimen: KUMIPĀ­ 49294A-B. Its type locality is Spence Gulch, which is in a Delamaran marine shale in the Spence Shale Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Spence Gulch

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