Lovenia mauritanica Pomel 1885 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae

Alternative combination: Sarsella mauritanica

Belongs to Lovenia according to A. Kroh 2007

Sister taxa: Lovenia (Lovenia), Lovenia alabamensis, Lovenia cordiformis, Lovenia dumblei, Lovenia forbesii, Lovenia lorioli, Lovenia madurae, Lovenia mexicana, Lovenia vicentina, Lovenia woodsii

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lovenia mauritanica in the database

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