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Hyposaleniidae

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae

Taxonomy
Hyposaleniinae was named by Mortensen (1934). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the family Hyposaleniidae by Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Saleniidae by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Salenioida by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Hyposaleniinae Mortensen p. 165
1966Hyposaleniinae Fell and Pawson p. U379
2010Hyposaleniidae Kroh and Smith p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familyHyposaleniidae()
familyHyposaleniidae()

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. †Hyposaleniidae Mortensen 1934
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G. †Goniophorus Agassiz 1838
G. †Hyposalenia Desor 1858
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Hyposalenia heliophora Agassiz and Desor 1846
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Invalid names: Peltastes heliophorus Desor 1864 [synonym], Peltastes ultimus Ravn 1928 [synonym]
G. †Peltastes Agassiz 1838
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available