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Prionocidaris pistillaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidarites pistillaris was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant. It is the type species of Prionocidaris.

It was recombined as Prionocidaris pistillaris by Fell (1966) and Donovan et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Cidarites pistillaris Lamarck
1966Prionocidaris pistillaris Fell p. U330
2005Prionocidaris pistillaris Donovan et al. p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusPrionocidarisAgassiz 1863
speciespistillaris(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.

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Diagnosis
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