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Arbacia waccamaw

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Arbacia waccamaw was named by Cooke (1941). Its type specimen is USNM 498888 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Little River, southwest, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Waccamaw Formation of South Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Arbacia waccamaw Cooke p. 10 figs. Plate 1, figures 1-3
1974Arbacia waccamaw De Buisonjé p. 238 figs. Pl 11, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusArbaciaGray 1835
specieswaccamaw

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.

Arbacia waccamaw Cooke 1941
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 15:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Smith 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Arbacia waccamaw (209183)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Arbacia waccamaw (type locality: 203663)