Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Alternative combination: Spatangus ocellatus
Belongs to Hemipatagus according to A. Kroh 2007
Sister taxa: Hemipatagus argutus, Hemipatagus bandaensis, Hemipatagus bundensis, Hemipatagus calvimontanus, Hemipatagus cartagensis, Hemipatagus desmoulinsi, Hemipatagus duncani, Hemipatagus ficheuri, Hemipatagus gauthieri, Hemipatagus girundicus, Hemipatagus grignonensis, Hemipatagus guebhardi, Hemipatagus hispanica, Hemipatagus hoffmanni, Hemipatagus marianii, Hemipatagus martensii, Hemipatagus nicoleti, Hemipatagus pellati, Hemipatagus regiomontanus, Hemipatagus sambiensis, Hemipatagus soubellensis, Hemipatagus subrostratus, Hemipatagus tenuis, Hemipatagus tuberculatus
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Deurgangkdok, Doel (Miocene of Belgium)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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