Clypeaster lopezriosi Sanchez-Roig 1953 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Full reference: M. Sanchez-Roig. 1953. Nuevos Equinidos fosiles de la fauna Cubana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas Y Naturales de la Habana 41:136-176

Belongs to Clypeaster according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953

Sister taxa: Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus), Clypeaster abruptus, Clypeaster antillarum, Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster bowersi, Clypeaster butleri, Clypeaster carrizoensis, Clypeaster caudatus, Clypeaster concavus, Clypeaster cotteaui, Clypeaster cubensis, Clypeaster deserti, Clypeaster europacificus, Clypeaster excentricum, Clypeaster gatuni, Clypeaster herrerae, Clypeaster humilis, Clypeaster japonicus, Clypeaster lanceolatus, 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 topilanus, Clypeaster virescens

Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 745, a test. Its type locality is Arroyo Seco, Corral Concepcion, Barrio Guadalupe, Moron, which is in an Oligocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Arroyo Seco, Corral Concepcion, Barrio Guadalupe, Moron

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