Nucleopygus magnus Smith 1995 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Full reference: A. B. Smith. 1995. Late Campanian-Maastrichtian echinoids from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology Series) 51:121-240

Belongs to Nucleopygus according to A. B. Smith 1995

Sister taxa: Nucleopygus (Jolyclypus), Nucleopygus minor, Nucleopygus pullatus, Nucleopygus scrobiculatus, Nucleopygus similis, Nucleopygus texanus

Type specimen: BMNH EE4339

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nucleopygus magnus in the database

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