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Triadocidaris venusta

Echinoidea - Triadocidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris venusta was named by Münster (1841). Its type specimen is BSPG AS VII 436 and 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.

It was recombined as Triadocidaris venusta by Kier (1977), Kier (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. a, T. b, T. hungarica, T. liagora, T. praeernobilis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cidaris gerana Braun p. 42 figs. Pl 3, fig 7
1841Cidaris venusta Münster p. 41 figs. Pl 3, fig 4
1865Cidaris venusta Laube p. 60 figs. Pl 9, fig 2
1865Cidaris gerana Laube p. 62 figs. Pl 9, fig 10
1977Triadocidaris venusta Kier p. 11 figs. Pl 5, figs 5-8
1984Triadocidaris venusta Kier p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
familyTriadocidaridae
genusTriadocidaris
speciesvenusta()

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.

†Triadocidaris venusta Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Cidaris gerana Braun 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Cidaris venusta, Cidaris gerana (type locality: 137429)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Triadocidaris venusta (195833)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (Venezia) Cidaris gerana, Triadocidaris venusta (56706)