Enallaster d'Orbigny 1853 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae

Parent taxon: Toxasteridae according to A. Morishita 1964

See also Benavides-Caceres 1956 and Clark and Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Adytaster, Aphelaster, Douvillaster, Enallopneustes, Heteraster, Isaster, Macraster, Mokotibaster, Polydesmaster, Toxaster

Subtaxa: Enallaster obliquatus Enallaster texanus Enallaster yuasensis

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Chile (1 collection), Egypt (1), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Peru (9), United States (2: Texas)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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