Echinocyamus parvus Emmonds 1858 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Belongs to Echinocyamus according to P. M. Kier 1980
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Echinocyamus bisexus, Echinocyamus chipolanus, Echinocyamus crispus, Echinocyamus huxleyanus, Echinocyamus intermedius, Echinocyamus meridionalis, Echinocyamus parviporus, Echinocyamus petalus, Echinocyamus polymorpha, Echinocyamus prostratus, Echinocyamus pusillus, Echinocyamus terminalis, Echinocyamus texanus, Echinocyamus vaughani, Echinocyamus wilsoni
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: North Carolina collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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