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Furcaster zitteli
Taxonomy
Palastropecten zitteli was named by Stürtz (1886). It is the type species of Palastropecten.
It was synonymized subjectively with Protaster leptosoma by Spencer (1925); it was recombined as Furcaster zitteli by Lehmann (1957).
It was synonymized subjectively with Protaster leptosoma by Spencer (1925); it was recombined as Furcaster zitteli by Lehmann (1957).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1886 | Palastropecten zitteli Stürtz p. 88 figs. pl. 10 fig. 3, 4 |
| 1890 | Palastropecten zitteli Stürtz p. 213 figs. pl. 26 figs. 12, 13 |
| 1897 | Palastropecten zitteli Gregory p. 1038 |
| 1915 | Palastropecten zitteli Schuchert p. 262 |
| 1957 | Furcaster zitteli Lehmann pp. 72-74 figs. text-figs. 19, 20c, pl. 21 figs. 1, 2, pl. 22 figs. 1-3 |
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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.
†Furcaster zitteli Stürtz 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available