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Rotulidae

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Rotulidae

Taxonomy
Rotulina was named by Gray (1855). It is extant.

It was corrected as Rotulidae by Durham (1955), Durham (1966) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Rotulina by Durham (1955) and Durham (1966); and to Scutelliformes by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Rotulidae Durham p. 183
1966Rotulidae Durham p. U491
2010Rotulidae 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
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyRotulidae()
familyRotulidae()

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. Rotulidae Gray 1855
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G. Heliophora Agassiz 1840
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available