Mazettia Lambert and ThiƩry 1915 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae

Alternative spelling: Mazzettia

Parent taxon: Loveniidae according to A. Kroh 2007

See also Fischer 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Breynia, Breyninae, Chuniola, Echinocardiidae, Echinocardium, Hemipatagus, Lovenia, Verbeekia

Subtaxa: Mazettia pareti

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mazettia in the database

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