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Echinopsis diatreta

Echinoidea - Orthopsidae

Taxonomy
Cidaris diatretum was named by Morton (1833). Its type specimen is ANSP 1471, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudodiadema diatretum by Desor (1858), Clark and Twitchell (1915), Cooke (1941); it was recombined as Echinopsis diatreta by Cooke (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. thieryi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cidaris diatretum Morton p. 294
1858Pseudodiadema diatretum Desor p. 73
1915Pseudodiadema diatretum Clark and Twitchell p. 56
1941Pseudodiadema diatretum Cooke p. 8
1959Echinopsis diatreta Cooke p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
familyOrthopsidae()
genusEchinopsisAgassiz 1840
speciesdiatreta(Morton 1833)

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.

†Echinopsis diatreta Morton 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available