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Clypeaster bowersi

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Clypeaster bowersi was named by Weaver (1908). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. australasiae, C. biarritzensis, C. julii, C. scillae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Clypeaster bowersi Weaver pp. 271-272 figs. pl. 4, fig. 5
1914Clypeaster bowersi Kew p. 50
1915Clypeaster bowersi Clark and Twitchell p. 209
1920Clypeaster bowersi Kew pp. 58 - 59 figs. Plate 5, figures la, Ih; plate 6, figure 1
1938Clypeaster bowersi Grant and Hertlein p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
speciesbowersi

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.

†Clypeaster bowersi Weaver 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available