Agassizia porifera Ravenel 1848 (heart urchin)

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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