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Clavidiscus

Edrioasteroidea - Isorophida - Agelacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Clavidiscus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Clavidiscus laudoni.

It was assigned to Discocystinae by Sumrall (1996); and to Isorophida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. laudoni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Clavidiscus Sumrall p. 979
2002Clavidiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
orderIsorophida
familyAgelacrinitidaeClarke 1901
subfamilyDiscocystinae
genusClavidiscus

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.

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Clavidiscus laudoni Bassler 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available