Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Alternative combinations: Agassizia poriferus, Brissopsis poriferus
Belongs to Agassizia according to C. W. Cooke 1942
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915
Sister taxa: Agassizia alveari, Agassizia caobaensis, Agassizia clevei, Agassizia conradi, Agassizia flexuosa, Agassizia floridiana, Agassizia inflata, Agassizia lamberti, Agassizia persica, Agassizia pinarensis, Agassizia rimulata, Agassizia scrobiculata, Anisaster
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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