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Clypeaster rogersi

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Scutella rogersi was named by Morton (1834). Its type specimen is ANSP 1070, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lagena rogersi by Agassiz (1840); it was recombined as Clypeaster rogersi by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Cooke (1942), Cooke (1959), Kier (1997).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Scutella rogersi Morton p. 77 figs. pl. 13, fig. 3
1840Lagena rogersi Agassiz p. 6
1845Scutella jonesi Forbes p. 440
1911Clypeaster douvillei Stefanini p. 682 figs. figs. 1a-c
1915Clypeaster rogersi Clark and Twitchell p. 136
1937Clypeaster marinanus Jackson p. 231
1942Clypeaster rogersi Cooke p. 12
1959Clypeaster rogersi Cooke p. 36
1997Clypeaster rogersi Kier p. 8

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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
speciesrogersi(Morton 1834)

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 rogersi Morton 1834
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Invalid names: Clypeaster douvillei Stefanini 1911 [synonym], Clypeaster marinanus Jackson 1937 [synonym], Scutella jonesi Forbes 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available