Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Belongs to Clypeaster according to P. M. Kier 1992
Sister taxa: Clypeaster (Palaeanthus), Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus), Clypeaster abruptus, Clypeaster antillarum, Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster bowersi, Clypeaster butleri, Clypeaster carrizoensis, Clypeaster concavus, Clypeaster cotteaui, Clypeaster cubensis, Clypeaster deserti, Clypeaster europacificus, Clypeaster excentricum, Clypeaster gatuni, Clypeaster herrerae, Clypeaster humilis, Clypeaster japonicus, Clypeaster lanceolatus, Clypeaster lopezriosi, Clypeaster maoadentroensis, Clypeaster meridanensis, Clypeaster ochrus, Clypeaster oxybaphon, Clypeaster parrae, Clypeaster parvus, Clypeaster placentoides, Clypeaster planipetalum, Clypeaster reticulatus, Clypeaster rogersi, Clypeaster rosaceus, Clypeaster rotundus, Clypeaster saipanicus, Clypeaster sanchezi, Clypeaster speciosus, Clypeaster subdepressus, Clypeaster sunnilandensis, Clypeaster surarui, Clypeaster topilanus, Clypeaster transsylvanicus, Clypeaster virescens
Type specimen: USNM 328235
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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