genus

Lovenia

Field notes

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.

Children

Heart Urchin native
Hawaiian Lovenia

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native Lovenia All

Native to the US, by observations.

Heart Urchin Lovenia cordiformis 76 observations