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Echinodiscus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Astriclypeidae

Taxonomy
Echinodiscus was named by Leske (1778) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scutellidae by Nagao (1928); to Astriclypeidae by Durham (1955), Durham (1966) and Lindley (2001); and to Clypeasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Echinodiscus Leske p. 195
1928Echinodiscus Nagao p. 17
1955Echinodiscus Durham p. 175 figs. Figs. 4, a; 5, e and f; 8, b; 32, a
1966Echinodiscus Durham p. U489
2001Echinodiscus Lindley p. 127
2002Echinodiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyAstriclypeidae()
genusEchinodiscus

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. Echinodiscus Leske 1778
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Echinodiscus formosus Wang 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available