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The Sand Dollar's origin is from the family called echinoderm, spiny marine invertebrates which typically have internal calcaerous skeletons. The Sand Dollar comes from the same family as starfishes and sea urchins. What puzzled me is the perfect, precise pattern on both sides of the Sand Dollar's shell. Petals like the ones of a tulip which has finished blooming, completely open to everybody's eyes are on the inside of its shell. A minitaure seastar must have been engraving its topside on the Sand Dollar. You can count six little holes on its body. You find that marvelous piece of art on the white sanded beaches on Padre Islands in the Lonestar State.