†Agassizia scrobiculata Valenciennes 1846 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Belongs to Agassizia according to U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Agassizia alveari, Agassizia caobaensis, Agassizia clevei, Agassizia conradi, Agassizia flexuosa, Agassizia floridiana, Agassizia inflata, Agassizia lamberti, Agassizia persica, Agassizia pinarensis, Agassizia porifera, Agassizia rimulata, Anisaster
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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