Heterodiadema ornatum Clark and Twitchell 1915 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae

Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341

Belongs to Heterodiadema according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Heterodiadema buhaysensis, Heterodiadema libycum

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heterodiadema ornatum in the database

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