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Pseudodiadema texanum

Echinoidea - Diplopodiidae

Taxonomy
Diadema texanum was named by Roemer (1852).

It was recombined as Cyphosoma texanum by Gabb (1869); it was recombined as Pseudodiadema texanum by Clark and Twitchell (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Diadema texanum Roemer
1869Cyphosoma texanum Gabb p. 276
1915Pseudodiadema texanum Clark and Twitchell p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
familyDiplopodiidaeGregory 1900
genusPseudodiadema
speciestexanum(Roemer 1852)

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.

Pseudodiadema texanum Roemer 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingsubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:39
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Pseudodiadema texanum, Cyphosoma texanum (203431)