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Hyposalenia heliophora

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae

Taxonomy
Salenia heliophora was named by Agassiz and Desor (1846).

It was recombined as Hyposalenia heliophora by Geys (1979), Kroh (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Salenia heliophora Agassiz and Desor
1864Peltastes heliophorus Desor
1928Peltastes ultimus Ravn
1979Hyposalenia heliophora Geys p. 320
2001Hyposalenia heliophora Kroh

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familyHyposaleniidae()
genusHyposalenia
speciesheliophora(Agassiz and Desor 1846)

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.

Hyposalenia heliophora Agassiz and Desor 1846
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Invalid names: Peltastes heliophorus Desor 1864 [synonym], Peltastes ultimus Ravn 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:07:36
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:48:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria Hyposalenia heliophora (47931)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) Hyposalenia heliophora (32170)