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Galeritidae (disused)

Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Galeritidae

Taxonomy
Galeritidae was named by Gray (1825). Its type is Galerites.

It was assigned to Echinoneina by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Conulidea by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Galeritidae Gray p. 428
1966Galeritidae Wagner and Durham p. U446
2010Galeritidae Kroh and Smith p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderEchinoneoida()
superfamilyConulidea
familyGaleritidae
familyGaleritidae

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. †Galeritidae Gray 1825
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available