Linthia avilensis Sanchez Roig 1949 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Belongs to Linthia according to P. M. Kier 1984

Sister taxa: Linthia (Linthia), Linthia (Lutetiaster), Linthia alabamensis, Linthia brodermanni, Linthia cretacica, Linthia garciai, Linthia ghiroboensis, Linthia hanoverensis, Linthia houzeaui, Linthia monteroae, Linthia navillei, Linthia praenipponica, Linthia prima, Linthia sanrafaelensis, Linthia sudanensis, Linthia variabilis, Linthia wilmingtonensis, Schizaster (Linthia) ocalanus, Schizaster (Linthia) tumidulus

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Linthia avilensis in the database

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