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Discoididae

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Discoididae

Taxonomy
Discoidinae was named by Lambert (1900). Its type is Discoides.

It was reranked as the family Discoidesidae by Smiser (1935); it was reranked as the family Discoididae by Wagner and Durham (1966) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Holectypina by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Holectypoida by Smiser (1935) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Discoidesidae Smiser p. 35
1966Discoididae Wagner and Durham p. U444
2010Discoididae Kroh and Smith p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
familyDiscoididae()
familyDiscoididae()

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. †Discoididae Lambert 1900
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G. †Discoides Parkinson 1811
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Discoides decoratus Desor 1842
Discoides infera Desor 1858
Discoides minimus Agassiz 1840
Discoides subuculus Leske 1778
Invalid names: Discoidea Agassiz 1835 [nomen vanum]
G. †Dixonia
G. †Lanieria Duncan 1889
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Lanieria lanieri Cotteau 1881
Lanieria uvaldana Cooke 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available