†Echinus purpuratus Stimpson 1857 (Pacific purple sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Belongs to Echinus according to Stimpson 1857
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Grant and Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Echinus (Agarites), Echinus anchistus, Echinus euryporus, Echinus granularis, Echinus horridus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Echinus purpuratus in the database
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