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Kierechinus melo

Echinoidea - Diadematoida - Diadematidae

Taxonomy
Pedinopsis melo was named by Kier (1957). It is extant. Its type specimen is Sedgwick Museum C3007, a test. It is the type species of Kierechinus.

It was recombined as Kierechinus melo by Philip (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pedinopsis melo Kier p. 845
1963Kierechinus melo Philip p. 1104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderDiadematoida
familyDiadematidae
genusKierechinus
speciesmelo(Kier 1957)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Kierechinus melo Kier 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:22:04
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:51
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Somalia Pedinopsis melo (81764)