Arbacia sloani Clark and Twitchell 1915 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Alternative combination: Coelopleurus sloani

Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341

Belongs to Arbacia according to P. M. Kier 1972

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1941

Sister taxa: Arbacia abiquaensis, Arbacia dufresnii, Arbacia forbesii, Arbacia improcera, Arbacia incisa, Arbacia lixula, Arbacia nodulosa, Arbacia punctulata, Arbacia rivuli, Arbacia spatuligera, Arbacia waccamaw

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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