Rhyncholampas pacificus Agassiz 1869 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Alternative combinations: Cassidulus pacificus, Pygorhynchus pacificus

Belongs to Rhyncholampas according to P. M. Kier 1962

See also Grant and Hertlein 1938

Sister taxa: Rhyncholampas alabamensis, Rhyncholampas carolinensis, Rhyncholampas conradi, Rhyncholampas gouldii, Rhyncholampas grignonensis, Rhyncholampas rodriguezi

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhyncholampas pacificus in the database

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