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Cidaris melitensis

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
C. admeto, C. alabamensis, C. alata, C. alpis, C. baculifera, C. bechei, C. blandis, C. bowerbankii, C. branneri, C. californicus, C. catenifera, C. cojimarensis, C. cornaliae, C. cubensis, C. curioni, C. dilleri, C. dixiensis, C. fasciculata, C. flexuosa (syn. C. mayeri, C. brandis), C. fumagalli, C. georgiana, C. grandaeva, C. guembeli, C. klipsteini, C. liagora, C. lorenzanus, C. loveni, C. martinezensis, C. mazzettii, C. merriami, C. modestus, C. moereus, C. mortoni, C. omboni, C. ordinatus, C. parastadifera, C. perdubius, C. perornata, C. plumasensis, C. pratti, C. remiger, C. roemeri (syn. C. tyrolensis, C. globifera), C. schlonbachi, C. serrifera, C. shastensis, C. sinaiensis, C. smithi, C. splendens, C. subnobilis, C. subnodosa, C. taylorensis, C. tehamaensis, C. texanus, C. thouarsii, C. tribuloides, C. tubuloides, C. vafellus, C. wahalakensis, Cidarites tribuloides

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusCidarisLeske 1778
speciesmelitensis

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Cidaris melitensis (34690 71902)