†Lovenia cordiformis Agassiz 1872 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Belongs to Lovenia according to U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Lovenia (Lovenia), Lovenia alabamensis, Lovenia dumblei, Lovenia forbesii, Lovenia lorioli, Lovenia madurae, Lovenia mauritanica, Lovenia mexicana, Lovenia vicentina, Lovenia woodsii
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 59, Lincoln Avenue deposit, Playa del Rey (Quaternary of California)
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