Dendraster venturaensis Kew 1920 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Alternative combination: Dendraster diegoensis venturaensis

Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1920. Cretaceous And Cenozoic Echinoidea of the Pacific coast of North America. University Of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 23-236

Belongs to Dendraster according to U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein 1938

See also Kew 1920

Sister taxa: Dendraster arnoldi, Dendraster ashleyi, Dendraster casseli, Dendraster cedrosensis, Dendraster coalingaensis, Dendraster diegoensis, Dendraster elsmerensis, Dendraster excentricus, Dendraster gibbsii, Dendraster hesperis, Dendraster jacalitosensis, Dendraster pacificus, Dendraster pentagonalis, Dendraster sullivani, Dendraster vizcainoensis

Type specimen: UCMP 11351

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Las Posas Hills (Pliocene of California)

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