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Comaturella

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Pterocomidae

Taxonomy
Comaturella was named by Muenster (1838). It is not extant. Its type is Ophiurites pennatus.

It was assigned to Crinoidea by Dietl and Schweigert (2011); and to Pterocomidae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Comatulithes von Schlotheim p. 47
1836Pterocoma Agassiz p. 193
1838Comaturella Muenster
2002Pterocoma Sepkoski
2011Comaturella Dietl and Schweigert
2011Comaturella Hess and Messing p. 117

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyTropiometroidea(Clark 1908)
familyPterocomidaeRasmussen 1978
genusComaturellaMuenster 1838

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.

G. †Comaturella Muenster 1838
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Comaturella formosa Walther 1904
Comaturella pennata von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Comatula pinnata Goldfuss 1831 [synonym], Comaturella wagneri Muenster 1839 [synonym]
Invalid names: Comatulithes von Schlotheim 1823 [replaced], Pterocoma Agassiz 1836 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available