title: Conoclypus
text: # Conoclypus
  
  Conoclypus - from the Greek words Konos (= cone) + clypus (= disc) - is a genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Conoclypeidae.
  
  ## Description
  
  These fossil echinoderms are characterized by a conical calcareous structure. They were slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore, living in the late Eocene until the Miocene.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Species of this genus have been found in Miocene of Austria and in Eocene of Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Pakistan.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Conoclypus conoideus (Leske, 1778); Middle Eocene, Europe
  * Conoclypus pilgrimi Davies, 1927; Lower Eocene, Pakistan
  * Conoclypus pinfoldi Gill, 1953; Lower Eocene, Pakistan
  * Conoclypus lorioli (Dames, 1877); Eocene, Italy & Slovenia
  