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Cidaris liagora

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris liagora was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cidaris liagora Münster p. 41 figs. Pl 3, fig 5
1865Cidaris liagora Laube p. 61 figs. Pl 9, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusCidarisLeske 1778
speciesliagora

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.

Cidaris liagora Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Cidaris liagora (34692 69661 type locality: 137429)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (Venezia) Cidaris liagora (56706)