Brissus sagrae Lambert 1924 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Belongs to Brissus according to M. Sanchez Roig 1926

Sister taxa: Brissus cabrerai, Brissus camagueyensis, Brissus caobaense, Brissus durhami, Brissus eximius, Brissus expansus, Brissus fragilis, Brissus glenni, Brissus inaequalis, Brissus kewi, Brissus latecarinatus, Brissus minutus, Brissus rana, Brissus spatiosus, Brissus unicolor

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Canteras de Medina, Vedado (Pliocene of Cuba)

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