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Echinus
Taxonomy
Echinus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Triplechinidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Echinidae by Grant and Hertlein (1938) and Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Echinoida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Triplechinidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Echinidae by Grant and Hertlein (1938) and Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Echinoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Echinus Linnaeus p. 663 |
1915 | Echinus Clark and Twitchell p. 118 |
1938 | Echinus Grant and Hertlein p. 22 |
1966 | Echinus Fell and Pawson p. U431 |
2002 | Echinus Sepkoski |
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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. Echinus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Echinus (Agarites) Agassiz 1841
Echinus anchistus Clark 1912
Echinus euryporus Clark 1909
†Echinus granularis Wright 1851
Echinus horridus Agassiz 1879
†Echinus perlatus Desmarest 1825
†Echinus purpuratus Stimpson 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available