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Brissoides

Echinoidea - Spatangoida

Taxonomy

Brissoides was named by Klein (1778).

It was assigned to Spatangoida by Sanchez Roig (1926).

Species

B. brevipetalum, B. cubensis, B. depressus, B. elongatum, B. formosus, B. herrerae, B. mayor, B. munozi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1778	Brissoides Klein
1926	Brissoides Sanchez Roig p. 101

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()

Rank	Name	Author
class	Echinoidea	()
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea	()
—	Carinacea
—	Irregularia	()
—	Atelostomata
order	Spatangoida
genus	Brissoides	Klein 1778

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.

G. †Brissoides Klein 1778

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†Brissoides brevipetalum Sanchez Roig 1924

†Brissoides cubensis Cotteau 1875

†Brissoides depressus Dubois 1843

†Brissoides elongatum Sanchez Roig 1924

†Brissoides formosus de Lortiol 1881

†Brissoides herrerae Sanchez Roig 1924

†Brissoides mayor Lambert 1922

†Brissoides munozi Lambert 1924

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calciteo

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

slow-movingo

Life habit:

shallow infaunalo

Diet:

deposit feedero

Diet 2:

detritivoreo

Vision:

limitedc

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2004-02-28 12:18:10

Modified:

2009-10-08 16:32:56

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 47.80000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Libya	B. figarii (42127)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.03 - 11.608	Cuba	B. sp., B. munozi, B. herrerae, B. brevipetalum, B. elongatum, B. depressus, B. mayor, B. cubensis (91139)