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Metalia

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Metalia was named by Gray (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 956]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spatangidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Brissidae by Fischer (1966), Kier (1984); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Metalia Gray p. 51
1915Metalia Clark and Twitchell p. 215
1938Metalia Grant and Hertlein p. 127
1966Metalia Fischer p. U597
1984Metalia Kier p. 122
2002Metalia Sepkoski

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

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. Metalia Gray 1855
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Metalia cartagensis Sanchez Roig 1949
Metalia ravenelianus McCrady 1855
Metalia spatagus Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available