Botriopygus alabamensis Clark 1891 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae

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

Sister taxa: Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) sabistonensis, Nucleolites (Pygorhynchus) planatus, Nucleolites (Pygorhynchus) testudo, Pygorhynchus obovatus, Botriopygus antillarum, Botriopygus parallelus

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Botriopygus alabamensis in the database

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