†Agassizia persica Clegg 1933 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Alternative combination: Agassizia scrobiculata persica
Belongs to Agassizia according to J. Roman 1976
Sister taxa: Agassizia alveari, Agassizia caobaensis, Agassizia clevei, Agassizia conradi, Agassizia flexuosa, Agassizia floridiana, Agassizia inflata, Agassizia lamberti, Agassizia pinarensis, Agassizia porifera, Agassizia rimulata, Agassizia scrobiculata, Anisaster
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at NNE Qarn Abu Wail, upper Dam 6 (Miocene of Qatar)
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