Holasteridae
- Phylum: Echinodermata
- Class: Echinoidea
- Order: Holasteroida
- Family: Holasteridae
Overview
Holasteridae Pictet, 1857
Common Name: Sea urchin
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Test has a slight heart shape.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile
FEEDING MODE: Detritovore
HABITAT: Semi-infaunal
Sources:
Fell, H. B. and Pawson, L. P., 1966. Systematic Descriptions, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, Volume 2. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 695 pp.
