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Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) ynezensis

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) ynezensis was named by Kew (1920). Its type specimen is UCMP 11014 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Casidulus trojanensis, C. kieri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) ynezensis Kew pp. 141 - 142 figs. Plate 39, figures 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
genusCassidulus
subgenusRhynchopygus(d'Orbigny 1856)
speciesynezensis

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 calciteo
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 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
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