Maretia twitchelli Lambert 1924 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae

Belongs to Maretia according to Lambert 1924

Sister taxa: Maretia carinata, Maretia carolinensis, Maretia clarki, Maretia cordata, Maretia elevata, Maretia elliptica, Maretia fasciata, Maretia hungarica, Maretia mascareignarum, Maretia parvituberculata, Maretia peloria, Maretia planulata, Maretia praelongus, Maretia saccoi, Maretia savini, Maretia tuberculata, Maretia variegatus, Maretia zeisei, Spatangus (Maretia) perornatus

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Maretia twitchelli in the database

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