Brissopsis steinhatchee Cooke 1942 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62

Belongs to Brissopsis according to C. W. Cooke 1942

Sister taxa: Brissopsis aguayoi, Brissopsis atlantica, Brissopsis balnpiedi, Brissopsis columbaris, Brissopsis elegans, Brissopsis hectori, Brissopsis jimenoi, Brissopsis luzonica, Brissopsis lyrifer, Brissopsis pacifica, Brissopsis praeluzonica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Clara, near, which is in a Priabonian marine limestone in the Ocala Formation of Florida

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Clara, near

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