Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Belongs to Encope according to P. M. Kier 1992
See also Cooke 1942 and De Buisonjé 1974
Sister taxa: Encope aberrans, Encope annectans, Encope californica, Encope chilensis, Encope ciae, Encope emarginata, Encope grandis, Encope macrophora, Encope megatrema, Encope micropora, Encope occidentalis, Encope perspectiva, Encope peruviana, Encope platytata, Encope tatetlaensis, Encope tenuis, Encope wiedenmayeri
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (2), the Netherlands Antilles (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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