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Pygidiolampas

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae

Taxonomy
Pygidiolampas is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Faujasiidae by Kier (1962), Kier (1966); and to Cassiduloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Pygidiolampas Kier p. 129
1966Pygidiolampas Kier p. U512
2002Pygidiolampas Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
familyFaujasiidae()
genusPygidiolampas

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available