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Sphaeronites leuchtenbergi

Sphaeronitidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeronites leuchtenbergi was named by Volborth (1846).

It was recombined as Echinus pomum by Gyllenhaal (1772); it was recombined as Echinosphaerites pomum by Wahlenberg (1821) and Schlotheim (1826); it was recombined as Protocrinites leuchtenbergi by Eichwald (1856); it was recombined as Sphaeronis pomum by Angelin (1878); it was recombined as Glyptosphaerites leuchtenbergi by Bassler and Moodey (1943); it was corrected as Sphaeronites pomum by Hisinger (1828), Bockelie (1984), Mergl and Prokop (2006) and Sheffield and Sumrall (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1772Echinus pomum Gyllenhaal p. 253 figs. pl. 8:1-3
1821Echinosphaerites pomum Wahlenberg p. 54
1826Echinosphaerites pomum Schlotheim p. 313 figs. pl. 1:5a
1828Sphaeronites pomum Hisinger p. 196 figs. pi. 5, figs. 2-4
1846Sphaeronites leuchtenbergi Volborth p. 187 figs. pl. 10, figs. 1-7
1856Protocrinites leuchtenbergi Eichwald p. 122
1878Sphaeronis pomum Angelin p. 30 figs. pi. 11, figs. 11,12, pi. 27, figs. 14-16, pi. 28, figs. 10a, b
1900Sphaeronites rossicum Hecker
1943Glyptosphaerites leuchtenbergi Bassler and Moodey p. 160
1984Sphaeronites pomum Bockelie
2006Sphaeronites pomum Mergl and Prokop p. 13
2019Sphaeronites pomum Sheffield and Sumrall pp. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
superfamilySphaeronitidaNeumayr 1889
familySphaeronitidaeNeumayr 1889
genusSphaeronitesHisinger 1828
speciesleuchtenbergiVolborth 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.

Sphaeronites leuchtenbergi Volborth 1846
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Diagnosis
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