Order Echinoida Troschel 1872 (sea urchin)
Parent taxon: Echinoidea according to J.O. Chiesa et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Acrosalenioida, Archaeocidaridae, Bromidechinus, Cassiduloidea, Cidarites, Cidaroidea, Diplocidaroida, Disasteroida, Dysaster, Echinocrinus, Euechinoidea, Gnathostomata, Hemicidaroidea, Oligopygoida, Parechinus, Perischoechinoidea, Radiolus, Regularia, Temnopleuroida
Subtaxa: Allocentrotus, Echinostrephus, Ellipsechinus, Heliocidaris, Spaniocyphus, Trochoechinus, Zenocentrotus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer