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  1. Spatangus

    Spatangus is a genus of heart urchins in the Spatangidae family. The genus is synonymous with the previously recognised genera Prospatangus Lambert, 1902 and Spatagus. There are nine recognised species. The type species is Spatangus purpureus Müller, 1776 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Spatangus comprises marine heart urchins that feed on subsurface deposits and graze.Fossil of heart urchins of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, United States, Egypt and Australia from Cretaceous to Pliocene (age range: 85.8 to 2.588 Ma).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spatangusnoun

    a genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea

  2. Etymology: [NL., fr. L. spatangius a kind of sea urchin, Gr. .]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Spatangus

    spā-tang′gus, n. the typical genus of Spatangidæ, a family of irregular sea-urchins, the heart-urchins.—n.pl. Spatang′ida, the spatangoid sea-urchins.—adj. Spatang′oid, like a cordate urchin.—n. one of these.—ns.pl. Spatangoi′da, Spatangoi′dēa, the Spatangidæ, an order of petalostichous sea-urchins, generally excluding the clypeastroids or flat sea-urchins. [Gr. spatangēs, a sea-urchin.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spatangus in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spatangus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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