Peronella Gray 1855 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Laganidae

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1855. Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Echinida Irregularia. Woodfall & Kinder, London 1-69

Parent taxon: Laganidae according to J. W. Durham 1955

See also Cooke 1942, Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Fibulina, Hupea, Jacksonaster, Laganinae, Laganum, Neolaganinae, Peronellites, Rumphia, Sismondia

Subtaxa: Peronella crustuloides Peronella cubae

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indonesia (2 collections)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Eocene of Panama (1), United States (5: Florida, Georgia)

Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences

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