Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Alternative combination: Lovenia tuberculata
Belongs to Hemipatagus according to Zittel 1864
Sister taxa: Hemipatagus argutus, Hemipatagus bandaensis, Hemipatagus bundensis, Hemipatagus calvimontanus, Hemipatagus cartagensis, Hemipatagus desmoulinsi, Hemipatagus duncani, Hemipatagus ficheuri, Hemipatagus gauthieri, Hemipatagus girundicus, Hemipatagus grignonensis, Hemipatagus guebhardi, Hemipatagus hispanica, Hemipatagus hoffmanni, Hemipatagus marianii, Hemipatagus martensii, Hemipatagus nicoleti, Hemipatagus ocellatus, Hemipatagus pellati, Hemipatagus regiomontanus, Hemipatagus sambiensis, Hemipatagus soubellensis, Hemipatagus subrostratus, Hemipatagus tenuis
Type specimen: VN1959/335/51, a test.
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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