Brissus inaequalis Forbes 1846 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Brissus according to E. Forbes 1846

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

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

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

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