Psammechinus exoletus McCrady 1857 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Belongs to Psammechinus according to C. W. Cooke 1941

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Psammechinus carolinensis, Psammechinus cingulatus, Psammechinus dubius, Psammechinus floralanus, Psammechinus ocalanus, Psammechinus philanthropus, Psammechinus santee

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Goose Creek, Pliocene (Pliocene of South Carolina)

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