Echinocardium deperessum Clark and Twitchell 1915 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae

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 Echinocardium according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Echinocardium cordatum, Echinocardium kelloggi, Echinocardium marylandiense, Echinocardium orthonotum

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Echinocardium deperessum in the database

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