†Agassizia clevei Cotteau 1875 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Synonym: Agassizia avilensis Sanchez Roig 1949
Belongs to Agassizia according to P. M. Kier 1984
See also Jackson 1937
Sister taxa: Agassizia alveari, Agassizia caobaensis, Agassizia conradi, Agassizia flexuosa, Agassizia floridiana, Agassizia inflata, Agassizia lamberti, Agassizia persica, Agassizia pinarensis, Agassizia porifera, Agassizia rimulata, Agassizia scrobiculata, Anisaster
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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