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Metalia ravenelianus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Plagionotus ravenelianus was named by McCrady (1855).

It was recombined as Metalia ravenelianus by Clark and Twitchell (1915).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. pelagica, M. raveneliana, M. sowerbyi, M. spatangus, M. sternalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Plagionotus ravenelianus McCrady
1915Metalia ravenelianus Clark and Twitchell p. 215

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusMetalia
speciesravenelianus(McCrady 1855)

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.

†Metalia ravenelianus McCrady 1855
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available