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Clypeaster
Taxonomy
Clypeaster was named by Lamarck (1801) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Clypeastridae by Kew (1920), Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Echinoidea by Durham (1961); to Clypeasteroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clypeasteridae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Jackson (1937), Cooke (1942), Durham (1955), Durham (1966), Nisiyama (1968), Ragaini (1994), Kier (1997), Donovan et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Clypeastridae by Kew (1920), Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Echinoidea by Durham (1961); to Clypeasteroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clypeasteridae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Jackson (1937), Cooke (1942), Durham (1955), Durham (1966), Nisiyama (1968), Ragaini (1994), Kier (1997), Donovan et al. (2005).
Species
C. (Rhaphidoclypus), C. abruptus, C. antillarum, C. batheri, C. bowersi, C. butleri, C. carrizoensis, C. caudatus, C. concavus, C. cotteaui, C. cubensis, C. deserti, C. europacificus, C. excentricum (syn. Asterostoma dickersoni, Asterostoma irregularis), C. gatuni, C. herrerae, C. humilis, C. japonicus, C. lanceolatus, C. lopezriosi, C. maoadentroensis, C. meridanensis, C. ochrus, C. oxybaphon (syn. C. platygaster, C. profundus, C. pinarensis, C. polygonalis), C. parrae, C. parvus, C. placentoides, C. planipetalum, C. reticulatus, C. rogersi (syn. C. marinanus, C. douvillei, Scutella jonesi), C. rosaceus, C. rotundus, C. saipanicus, C. sanchezi, C. speciosus, C. subdepressus, C. sunnilandensis, C. topilanus, C. virescens
Species lacking formal opinion data