Tripneustes pregratilla McNamara and Kendrick 1994 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Full reference: K.J. McNamara and G.W. Kendrick. 1994. Cenozoic Molluscs and Echinoids of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 51

Belongs to Tripneustes according to K.J. McNamara and G.W. Kendrick 1994

Sister taxa: Tripneustes (Hipponoe), Tripneustes depresss, Tripneustes esculenta, Tripneustes gratilla, Tripneustes magnificus

Type specimen: WAM 82.326. Its type locality is Poivre Fm, The Ledge, which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone in the Poivre Formation of Australia.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Poivre Fm, The Ledge

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