Tripneustes
| Tripneustes | |
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| Tripneustes ventricosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Camarodonta |
| Infraorder: | Echinidea |
| Family: | Toxopneustidae |
| Genus: | Tripneustes L. Agassiz, 1841 |
Tripneustes is a genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Toxopneustidae.[1]
Species[]
The genus contains four extant species:[1]
- Tripneustes depressus Agassiz, 1863
- Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Bronstein, Kroh, Tautscher, Liggins & Haring, 2017
- Tripneustes ventricosus (Lamarck, 1816)
This genus contains many extinct species, such as:
- Duncan & Sladen, 1855
- Kew, 1920
- (Seunes)
- Nisiyama, 1966
- Tripneustes parkinsoni (Agassiz, 1847)
- McNamara and Kendrick 1994
- Duncan & Sladen, 1855
- Boehm
- Jeannet, 1928a
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]
Gallery[]
Fossile de Tripneustes parkinsoni (Burdigalian, MHNT).
Several Tripneustes in seagrass, Grahams Harbour, San Salvador Island, Bahamas
References[]
- ^ a b Kroh A, Mooi R, eds. (2019). "Tripneustes L. Agassiz, 1841". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ a b Natural History Museum
- ^ Paleobiology Database
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- Toxopneustidae
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- Extant Miocene first appearances
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