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Clypeasteridae

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Clypeasteridae d'Orbigny p. 121
1872Echinanthidae Agassiz p. 376
1915Clypeasteridae Clark and Twitchell p. 67
1920Clypeastridae Kew p. 58
1938Clypeastridae Grant and Hertlein p. 42
1955Clypeasteridae Durham p. 118
1966Clypeasteridae Durham p. U462
2005Clypeasteridae Donovan et al. p. 107
2010Clypeasteridae Kroh and Smith p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
familyClypeasteridae()

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.

Fm. Clypeasteridae Agassiz 1836
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Subfm. Ammotrophinae Durham 1955
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G. Ammotrophus Clark 1928
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Invalid names: Hesperaster Clark 1938 [synonym]
G. †Monostychia Laube 1869
G. †Scutellinoides Durham 1955
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Invalid names: Scutellina morgani Cotteau 1891 [synonym]
Subfm. Arachnoidinae Duncan 1889
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G. Arachnoides Leske 1778
G. Fellaster Durham 1955
G. †Fossulaster Lambert and Thiéry 1925
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†Fossulaster halli Lambert and Thiery 1925
G. Clypeaster Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) Agassiz 1863
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†Clypeaster abruptus Sanchez Roig 1926
†Clypeaster antillarum Cotteau 1875
†Clypeaster batheri Lambert 1915
†Clypeaster bowersi Weaver 1908
†Clypeaster butleri McNamara and Kendrick 1994
†Clypeaster caudatus Jackson 1922
†Clypeaster concavus Cotteau 1875
†Clypeaster cotteaui Egozcue 1897
†Clypeaster cubensis Cotteau 1875
†Clypeaster deserti Kew 1914
†Clypeaster excentricum Agassiz 1816
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Invalid names: Asterostoma dickersoni Sanchez Roig 1949 [synonym], Asterostoma irregularis Sanchez Roig 1952 [synonym]
†Clypeaster gatuni Jackson 1917
†Clypeaster herrerae Lambert 1926
†Clypeaster humilis Leske 1778
†Clypeaster japonicus Döderlein 1885
†Clypeaster lanceolatus Cotteau 1897
†Clypeaster lopezriosi Sanchez-Roig 1953
†Clypeaster meridanensis Michelin 1850
Clypeaster ochrus Clark 1914
†Clypeaster oxybaphon Jackson 1922
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Invalid names: Clypeaster pinarensis Lambert and Sanchez-Roig 1949 [synonym], Clypeaster platygaster Jackson 1922 [synonym], Clypeaster polygonalis Sanchez-Roig 1949 [synonym], Clypeaster profundus Sanchez-Roig 1949 [synonym]
Clypeaster parrae Desmoulins 1835
†Clypeaster parvus Michelin 1861
†Clypeaster placentoides Jackson 1922
†Clypeaster planipetalum Cotteau 1897
†Clypeaster reticulatus Linnaeus 1758
†Clypeaster rogersi Morton 1834
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Invalid names: Clypeaster douvillei Stefanini 1911 [synonym], Clypeaster marinanus Jackson 1937 [synonym], Scutella jonesi Forbes 1845 [synonym]
Clypeaster rosaceus Linnaeus 1758
Clypeaster rotundus Agassiz 1863
†Clypeaster saipanicus Cooke 1957
†Clypeaster sanchezi Lambert 1924
Clypeaster speciosus Verrill 1870
†Clypeaster topilanus Jackson 1937
†Clypeaster virescens Döderlein 1885
G. †Diplothecanthus Duncan
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†Diplothecanthus dalli Clark and Twitchell 1915
Invalid names: Clypeasterinae Agassiz 1836 [empty], Echinanthidae Agassiz 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (201 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Turkey Clypeaster profondus (40794)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Clypeaster oxybaphon (3569)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Clypeaster sp. (57926)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Somalia Clypeaster biarritzensis (78952)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Alabama) Clypeaster rogersi (42155)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jordan (Al Azraq) Clypeaster biarritzensis (121549)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Cuba Clypeaster armadilloensis (155855) Clypeaster lopezriosi (155854)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) Clypeaster cotteaui, Clypeaster rogersi (35013) Clypeaster rogersi (61123)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Clypeaster cotteaui (90567)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Iran Clypeaster biarritzensis, Clypeaster sp. (192044)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Clypeaster sp. (175334)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster oxybaphon (7214) Clypeaster julii, Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster oxybaphon (7215) Clypeaster oxybaphon (7216)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Clypeaster rogersi (155947)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) Clypeaster cotteaui (35014) Clypeaster oxybaphon (155953) Clypeaster rogersi (35015 57924 155948 155949 155950 155951 155952)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Georgia) Clypeaster cotteaui (155942)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran Clypeaster sp. (111339)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Clypeaster rogersi (89611 101116 155945 155946)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Australia (South Australia) Scutellinoides patella (45823)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Cuba Clypeaster placentoides (91150)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Mexico (Tamaulipas) Clypeaster topilanus (204615)