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Cassidulus gouldii

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Pygorhynchus gouldii was named by Bouve (1846). Its type specimen is Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1756A, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) gouldii by Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Procassidulus (Hardouinia) gouldii by Lambert and Thiéry (1921); it was recombined as Cassidulus (Cassidulus) gouldii by Cooke (1942); it was recombined as Cassidulus gouldii by Cooke (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Pygorhynchus gouldii Bouve p. 192
1915Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) gouldii Clark and Twitchell p. 171
1915Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) alabamensis Clark and Twitchell p. 172 figs. pl. 80, figs. 3a-d
1921Procassidulus (Hardouinia) alabamensis Lambert and Thiéry p. 362
1921Procassidulus (Hardouinia) gouldii Lambert and Thiéry p. 363
1942Cassidulus (Cassidulus) alabamensis Cooke p. 31
1942Cassidulus (Cassidulus) gouldii Cooke p. 31
1959Cassidulus gouldii Cooke p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
genusCassidulus
speciesgouldii(Bouve 1846)

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.

Cassidulus gouldii Bouve 1846
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Invalid names: Cassidulus (Cassidulus) alabamensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available