Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
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: Brissidae according to P. M. Kier 1984
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Fischer 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcaechinus, Brissopatagus, Brissopsidae, Brissopsis, Brissus, Cionobrissus, Cyclaster, Eupatagus, Fernandezaster, Fourtaunia, Gillechinus, Gualtieria, Hernandezaster, Herreraster, Hikelaster, Hysteraster, Lajanaster, Macropneustes, Mariania, Mauritanaster, Megapneustes, Meoma, Migliorinia, Pharaonaster, Plagiobrissus, Plesiopatagus, Radiobrissus, Rhynobrissus, Rojasia, Stomaporus, Taimanawa, Trachypatagus
Subtaxa: Metalia cartagensis Metalia ravenelianus Metalia spatagus
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Palau (1 collection), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Miocene of Cuba (1), Fiji (2), Italy (2), Micronesia (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1)
• Eocene of Pakistan (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.