†family Acropeltidae Lambert and Thiéry 1914 (sea urchin)
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Acropeltidae
Full reference: J. Lambert and P. Thiéry. 1914. Essai de nomenclature Raisonnée des échinides. L. Ferrière, Chaumont (4)241-320
Parent taxon: Arbacioida according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
Sister taxa: Arbaciidae, Arbacioina, Dialithocidaris, Glypticidae, Goniopygidae, Pygmaeocidaris, Salenioina, Tetrapygus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acropeltidae in the database