Tripneustes

Tripneustes
Temporal range: Miocene to Recent
Tripneustes ventricosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Temnopleuroida
Family: Toxopneustidae
Genus: Tripneustes
L. Agassiz, 1841b
Synonyms

Tripneustes, is a genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Toxopneustidae.[1]

Species

This genus contains many extinct species, such as:

[2][3]

Distribution

These sea urchins have been recorded as fossils from Miocene to Recent (from 15.97 to 0.0 Ma). Fossils have been found in the sediments of Southern Europe, Mediterranean and North Africa, Caribbean, Western coast of America and throughout the Indo-Pacific. [2]

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