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Collyrites (Cardiopelta)

Echinoidea - Disasteridae

Taxonomy
Cardiopelta was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Collyrites (Cardiopelta) by Jesionek-Szymanska (1963).

It was assigned to Collyrites by Jesionek-Szymanska (1963); to Collyritidae by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Disasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Collyrites (Cardiopelta) Jesionek-Szymanska p. 375
1966Cardiopelta Wagner and Durham p. U526
2002Cardiopelta Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
familyDisasteridae
subfamilyPygorhytinae()
genusCollyrites
subgenusCardiopelta

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available