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Collyritidae

Echinoidea - Collyritidae

Taxonomy
Collyritidae was named by d'Orbigny (1853). Its type is Collyrites.

It was reranked as the subfamily Collyritinae by Poretskaya (1971).

It was assigned to Holasteroida by Wagner and Durham (1966); to Disasteridae by Poretskaya (1971); and to Atelostomata by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Collyritidae d'Orbigny
1966Collyritidae Wagner and Durham p. U524
1971Collyritinae Poretskaya p. 7
2010Collyritidae Kroh and Smith p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
familyCollyritidae
familyCollyritidae

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. †Collyritidae d'Orbigny 1853
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G. †Grasia
G. †Pygomalus
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Pygomalus analis Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Collyrites faba Desor 1858 [synonym]
Pygomalus ovalis Leske 1778
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Invalid names: Dysaster robinaldinus Cotteau 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available