Sand Dollar

Sand Dollar (Encope sp.)

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	Sand dollars, sea urchins, sea biscuits, and cake urchins belong to monophyletic Clypeasteroida. They occupy shallow sandy waters and have the smallest harvesting tube feet among echinoids. Polygon counts: Original 697,253; 30,000 before compression Time: Recent Locality: N/A Specimen: UCD Geology Teaching Collection P-1041
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Sand dollars, sea urchins, sea biscuits, and cake urchins belong to monophyletic Clypeasteroida. They occupy shallow sandy waters and have the smallest harvesting tube feet among echinoids.

Polygon counts: Original 697,253; 30,000 before compression
Time: Recent
Locality: N/A
Specimen: UCD Geology Teaching Collection P-1041