Hardouinia florealis Morton 1833 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida

Alternative combinations: Cassidulus florealis, Clypeaster florealis

Belongs to Hardouinia according to C. W. Cooke 1953

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Hardouinia aequorea, Hardouinia bassleri, Hardouinia conoideus, Hardouinia kellumi, Hardouinia mcglameryae, Hardouinia micrococcus, Hardouinia mortonis, Hardouinia stantoni, Hardouinia taylori, Clarkiella hemispherica

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (Marshalltown, ANSP) (Cretaceous of Delaware)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.