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Arbacia abiquaensis

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Arbacia abiquaensis was named by Linder et al. (1988). Its type specimen is UCMP 39188, a test, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Butte Creek [Abiqua Mbr, Scotts Mills Fm], which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Scotts Mills Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Arbacia abiquaensis Linder et al. p. 948 figs. figs. 3.1-3.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusArbaciaGray 1835
speciesabiquaensis

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Arbacia abiquaensis Linder et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. A. Linder et al. 1988Test small, sculptured, low hemispherical, flat- tened adorally; ambulacra with trigeminate plates; pore zones straight and narrow above ambitus; tubercles absent adapically above the ambitus; conspicuous epistromal verrucose warts and short semi-radial ridges both continuous and discontinuous across intraplate boundaries adapically/adorally; peristome width 48 percent of test diameter; dicyclic; adoralmost primary in- terambulacral tubercles noncrenulate.