Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Alternative combinations: Metalia holmesii, Plagionotus holmesii

Belongs to Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) according to C. W. Cooke 1942

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) curvus, Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) dixie, Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) gardnerae, Plagiobrissus (Rhabdobrissus), Plagiobrissus costaricensis, Plagiobrissus grandis, Plagiobrissus loveni, Plagiobrissus malavassii, Plagiobrissus robustus

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Goose Creek, Pliocene (Pliocene of South Carolina)

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