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Clypeaster deserti

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Clypeaster deserti Kew pp. 48-49 figs. pl. 3
1920Clypeaster deserti Kew pp. 60 - 61 figs. Plate 7, figures 1a, 1b
1938Clypeaster deserti Grant and Hertlein p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
speciesdeserti

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.

Clypeaster deserti Kew 1914
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Clypeaster deserti (96539 96544 155848 155849 155850)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Clypeaster deserti (96587 97124 97125)