Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Belongs to Strongylocentrotus according to W. S. W. Kew 1920
Sister taxa: Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, Strongylocentrotus echinoides, Strongylocentrotus fragilis, Strongylocentrotus intermedius, Strongylocentrotus magistrus, Strongylocentrotus nudus, Strongylocentrotus octoporus, Strongylocentrotus polycanthus, Strongylocentrotus pulchellus, Strongylocentrotus pulcherriumus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (11: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (5: California)
• Miocene of United States (4: California)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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