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Galerites vulgaris

Echinoidea - Holectypoida

Taxonomy
Echinites vulgaris was named by Leske (1778).

It was recombined as Galerites vulgaris by Zaręczny (1878).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Echinites vulgaris Leske
1878Galerites vulgaris Zaręczny p. 235

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
genusGalerites
speciesvulgaris(Leske 1778)

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.

Galerites vulgaris Leske 1778
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Galerites vulgaris obtusa Zaręczny 1878
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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 mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:03:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:45:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Poland Galerites vulgaris (241887)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Galerites vulgaris (31993)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Galerites vulgaris (32022)