Lovenia is a genus of sea urchin that is the sister taxon to Breynia and Echinocardium.
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
- âÂÂL. aegyptiaca <small>(Fourtau, 1920)</small>; Upper Miocene, Egypt.
- L. Desor, Agassiz & Desor, 1847, Oligocene to Recent.
- âÂÂL. bagheerae <small>Irwin & Archbold, 1994</small>; Miocene (Tortonian), southern Australia.
- L. camarota <small>Clark, 1917</small>; Recent, North Australia.
- L. cordiformis <small>Agassiz, 1872</small>; Recent, West coast of America.
- L. doederleini <small>Mortensen, 1950</small>; Recent, Malay region.
- âÂÂL. elongata <small>(Gray, 1845)</small>; Miocene to Recent, Indo-West Pacific.
- âÂÂL. forbesii <small>(Tenison Woods, 1862)</small>; Lower to Middle Miocene, Australia.
- L. gregalis <small>Alcock, 1893</small>; Recent, Indo-West Pacific.
- L. grisea <small>Agassiz & Clark, 1907</small>; Recent, Hawaii.
- L. hawaiiensis <small>Mortensen, 1950</small>; Recent, Hawaii.
- L. hemphilli <small>(Israesky)</small>
- âÂÂL. mortenseni <small>Ctyoky, 1965</small>; Middle Miocene, Czech Republic.
- âÂÂL. sulcata <small>(Haime, 1853)</small>; Lower Oligocene, France.
- L. subcarinata <small>(Gray, 1845)</small>; Recent, Indo-West Pacific.
- L. trifolis <small>(Koehler, 1914)</small>; Recent, Indo-West Pacific.
- âÂÂL. woodsii <small>(Etheridge, 1875)</small>; Lower to Middle Miocene, Australia.
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