Cassiduloida is an order of sea urchins. The group was extremely diverse with many families and species during the Mesozoic, but today, only seven extant species remain.
Description and characteristics
Cassiduloids have a rounded or slightly oval appearance, and look somewhat similar to heart urchins, although they are actually more closely related to the sand dollars. They are distinguished from other sea urchins by the presence of smaller intervening areas between the main ambulacral areas on the oral surface. They have no lantern as adults, and the petaloids are poorly developed or absent. == List of families and genera ==
List of families and genera
• family Cassidulidae L. Agassiz and Desor, 1847 • genus Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 • genus Paralampas Duncan & Sladen, 1882 • genus Rhyncholampas Agassiz, 1869 • family Eurhodiidae Souto et al., 2019 Kier (1962) † == References ==