''Lovenia'' 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) of ...
that is the sister taxon to ''
Berynia'' and ''
Echinocardium
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Lovenia kerneri was described in 2020 from the Pliocene Tamiami Formation in Florida.
It is the first documented Lovenia from the Eastern United States and the largest as well as the latest member of this genus known from the Eastern America/Caribbean region.
Species
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L. aegyptiaca''
(Fourtau, 1920); Upper Miocene, Egypt.
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L. bagheerae''
Irwin & Archbold, 1994; Miocene (Tortonian), southern Australia.
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L. camarota''
Clark, 1917; Recent, North Australia.
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L. cordiformis''
Agassiz, 1872; Recent, West coast of America.
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L. doederleini''
Mortensen, 1950; Recent, Malay region.
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L. elongata''
(Gray, 1845); Miocene to Recent, Indo-West Pacific.
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L. forbesii''
(Tenison Woods, 1862); Lower to Middle Miocene, Australia.
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L. gregalis''
Alcock, 1893; Recent, Indo-West Pacific.
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L. grisea''
Agassiz & Clark, 1907; Recent, Hawaii.
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L. hawaiiensis''
Mortensen, 1950; Recent, Hawaii.
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L. hemphilli'' (Israesky)
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L. mortenseni''
Ctyoky, 1965; Middle Miocene, Czech Republic.
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L. sulcata''
(Haime, 1853); Lower Oligocene, France.
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L. subcarinata''
(Gray, 1845); Recent, Indo-West Pacific.
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L. trifolis''
(Koehler, 1914); Recent, Indo-West Pacific.
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L. woodsii''
(Etheridge, 1875); Lower to Middle Miocene, Australia.
References
Spatangoida
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