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Pygurus (Pygurus)

Echinoidea - Clypeidae

Taxonomy
Pygurus (Pygurus) was named by Agassiz (1839). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pygurus by Agassiz (1839), Kier (1966) and Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pygurus (Pygurus) Agassiz
1966Pygurus (Pygurus) Kier p. U499
1985Pygurus (Pygurus) Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky p. 1410

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEchinozoa
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
familyClypeidae
genusPygurus
subgenusPygurusAgassiz 1839

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