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Pliotoxaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida

Taxonomy
Pliotoxaster was named by Fourtau (1906). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Toxaster by Fischer (1966).

It was assigned to Spatangoidea by Cunningham and Jeffery Abt (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Pliotoxaster Fourtau
2009Pliotoxaster Cunningham and Jeffery Abt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
genusPliotoxasterFourtau 1906

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.

G. †Pliotoxaster Fourtau 1906
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Pliotoxaster collegnii Sismonda 1843
Pliotoxaster dieneri de Loriol 1887
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Invalid names: Pliotoxaster lyonsi Fourtau 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available