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Moira atropos

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Spatangus atropos was named by Lamarck (1816) [HISTORY: For synonymies, see Mortensen 1952, p. 329 [Kier 1992].].

It was recombined as Schizaster atropos by Holmes (1860), Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Moira atropos by Cooke (1942), Kier (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Spatangus atropos Lamarck p. 32
1860Schizaster atropos Holmes p. 5
1915Schizaster atropos Clark and Twitchell p. 227
1942Moira atropos Cooke p. 43
1992Moira atropos Kier p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusMoiraAgassiz 1872
speciesatropos(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Moira atropos Lamarck 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Moira atropos (74968)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Schizaster atropos (203376)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Moira atropos (66720)