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Clypeaster aegyptiacus Michelin 1863, p. 121

Distribution	Upper Miocene/ Pliocene of Giza, Egypt, and France [Michelin 1863]
Type	Holotype: Natural Hisory Museum E1856.
Classification and/or Status	Species of Clypeaster
Remarks	Related to C. gibbosus in its general form, but differing in the ormanentation of its lower surface. Also differs from C. marginatus by its thick, angular edge and petals that are open at the base. [Michelin 1863]. Michelin, H. 1863. Monographie des Clypeastres Fossiles. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France, (2) 7: 101-147.