Sarsella Pomel (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae

Parent taxon: Spatangidae according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Atelospatangus, Epiaster, Gonimaretia, Isomicraster, Laevipatagus, Maretia, Paramaretia, Semipetalion, Spatangus

Subtaxa: Sarsella gregoryi

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Santee canal (Santee Limestone, S. Carolina) (Eocene of South Carolina)

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