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Biarritzella Boussac, 1911, p. 30

Distribution	Middle Eocene (Lutetian), France.
Name gender	feminine
Type	Biarritzella marbellensis Boussac, 1911, p. 30.
Species Included	Only the type species.
Classification and/or Status	A species of Clypeaster.
Remarks	The widely open petals and flat test ally this species with Clypeaster (Orthanthus).  It is the earliest known Clypeaster. Boussac, J. 1911. Etudes stratigraphiques et paleontologiques sur le Nummilitique de Biarritz. Annales Hebert. Annales de Stratigraphie et de Paleontologie du Laboratoire de Geologie de Faculte des Sciences de l\'Universite de Paris 5, 1-95, pls 1-25.