Colliclypeus nettoanus White 1887 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Clypeidae

Alternative combination: Conoclypeus nettoanus

Synonym: Catopygus aequalis White 1887

Belongs to Colliclypeus according to A. B. Smith 1991

See also Maury 1936

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Colliclypeus nettoanus: Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil
  • Catopygus aequalis: Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Lastro, perto de Maroim

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