Durhamella floridanum Clark and Twitchell 1915 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Neolaganidae

Alternative combination: Laganum floridanum

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 Durhamella according to P. M. Kier 1968

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1942

Sister taxon: Durhamella ocalana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Turks Cave, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Alabama

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama, Florida)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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