Full reference: N. G. Leske. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum, edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum, G. E. Beer, Leipzig 1-278
Parent taxon: Cassiduloida according to P. M. Kier 1966
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astropygaulus, Bothryopneutes, Calilampus, Cassidulina, Centropygus, Claviaster, Clypeanthus, Conoclypeus, Eogaleropygus, Gitolampas, Harduinia, Laticlypus, Lovenilampas, Neolampadina, Ovulechinus, Platypygus, Procassidulus, Pygurostoma, Stegopygus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), Haiti (1), Turkey (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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