Catopygus pusillus Clark 1891 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Belongs to Catopygus according to C. W. Cooke 1953

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Catopygus bargesii, Catopygus cajonensis, Catopygus californicus, Catopygus carinatus, Catopygus mississippiensis, Catopygus rodriguezi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wordills, Monmouth, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Wordills, Monmouth

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