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''Clypeolampas'' is a genus of
sea urchin Sea urchins () are spiny, globular echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species of sea urchin live on the seabed of every ocean and inhabit every depth zone from the intertidal seashore down to . The spherical, hard shells (tests) ...
s belonging to the order
Clypeasteroida Sand dollars (also known as a sea cookie or snapper biscuit in New Zealand, or pansy shell in South Africa) are species of flat, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida. Some species within the order, not quite as flat, are k ...
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Fossil record

This family is known in Cretaceous the fossil record of Spain and Turkey.


Genera

Species within this genus include: *''Clypeolampas lestelli'' Cotteau 1887 *''Clypeolampas ovatus'' Lamarck 1816 *''Clypeolampas perovalis'' Arnaud 1877


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q28087700 Clypeasteroida