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Globoholectypus Aziz, 1991, p. 18

Diagnostic Features	Test globular, round Apical disc with four gonopores Ambulacra non-petaloid; ambulacral plate compounding pyrinoid Peristome small central without buccal notches Periproct marginal, longitudinally elongate
Distribution	Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian), India
Name gender	masculine
Type	Globoholectypus globus Aziz, 1991, p. 19, by original diagnosis.
Species Included	Only the type species
Classification and/or Status	Irregularia, Echinoneoida, Conulidae A subjective junior synonym of Globator Agassiz, 1840
Remarks	The genus was originally assigned to the Holectypidae. Aziz, S. A. 1991. Some echinoid remains from Dalmiapuram Formation and Kallakudi reefoidal limestone (Lower Cretaceous), Trichinopoly subbasin, south India. Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) Bulletin 25(2), 11-30.