Allocentrotus japonicus Nisiyama 1966 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae

Full reference: S. Nisiyama. 1966. The echinoid fauna from Japan and adjacent regions, Part I. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 11:1-277

Belongs to Allocentrotus according to S. Nisiyama 1966

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGPS 73798. Its type locality is Tomiya Shrine, which is in a Gelasian marine sandstone in the Kurotaki Formation of Japan.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Tomiya Shrine

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