Brissus eximius Zittel 1864 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Belongs to Brissus according to R. A. Henderson 1975

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

Type specimen: VN1959/333/49, a test.

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brissus eximius in the database

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