original description
Smith, A.B. 2013. Geological history of bathyal echinoid faunas, with a new genus from the late Cretaceous of Italy. Geological Magazine, 150/1, 177-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756812000738
page(s): 178-179 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Ovulasterid spatangoid lacking an anterior sulcus; apical disc etmophract and ambulacra apetaloid. Labral plate separated from sternal plates by ambulacral plates I.b.2 and V.a.2; sternal plates asymmetric. [details]
Etymology Named in reference to its closest relative and its deep-water provenance. [details]
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