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Comptonia soullansensis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Comptonia soullansensis was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Nantes, holotype MHNN E.A. (f) 2, paratype MHNH 8. It was considered monophyletic by Breton (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. anderssonii, C. costata, C. difformis, C. goniocarpa, C. hesperia, C. longistyla, C. michelotii, C. oeningensis, C. parvifolia, C. srodoniowae, C. vindobonensis
Entered
by L. Villier on 2006-08-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Comptonia soullansensis Breton pp. 318-319 figs. 130, pl. 38, fig. 5-7
1993Comptonia soullansensis Néraudeau and Breton pp. 114-115

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusComptonia
speciessoullansensis

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.

†Comptonia soullansensis Breton 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Marginals curved, of convex to angular profile. External face flattened. Adradial and abradial sides of the external face perpendicular and tend to be saddle-shaped. Marginals tall to moderately tall, relatively long. External face bordered by an obvious step. Ornament of fine dense granular-pits. Intermarginal face reduced, highly concave. Well-developed internal face.