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Clypeaster cotteaui

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Clypeaster cotteaui was named by Egozcue (1897). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. australasiae, C. biarritzensis, C. julii, C. scillae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Clypeaster cotteaui Egozcue p. 40 figs. pl. 10, figs. 1, 4
1926Clypeaster cotteaui Sanchez Roig p. 53
1942Clypeaster cotteaui Cooke p. 13
1959Clypeaster cotteaui Cooke p. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
speciescotteauiEgozcue 1897

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.

†Clypeaster cotteaui Egozcue 1897
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Diagnosis
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