†Cidaris (Bramus) pirillus de Gregorio 1930 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Full reference: A. de Gregorio. 1930. Sul Permiano di Sicilia (fossili del calcare con Fusulina di Palazzo Adriano non descritti dal Prof. G. Gemmellaro conservati nel mio privato gabinetto). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 52:1-70
Belongs to Cidaris (Bramus) according to A. de Gregorio 1930
Sister taxon: Cidaris (Bramus) simplex
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll), which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll)
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