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Arbia aldrichi

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Coelopleurus aldrichi was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915) [attributed to Clark only]. Its type specimen is USNM 559494, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Perdue Hill [Suwannee Fm], which is in an Oligocene marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Alabama.

It was recombined as Arbacia aldrichi by Cooke (1941); it was recombined as Arbia aldrichi by Cooke (1959) and Kier (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Coelopleurus aldrichi Clark and Twitchell p. 158 figs. pl. 73, figs. 6a-b, fa-c
1941Arbacia aldrichi Cooke p. 11
1959Arbia aldrichi Cooke p. 21
1997Arbia aldrichi Kier p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusArbiaCooke 1948
speciesaldrichi()

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.

†Arbia aldrichi Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Diagnosis
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