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Opisopneustes

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Opisopneustes is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Holasteridae by Wagner and Durham (1966) and Smith (1995); and to Holasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Opisopneustes Wagner and Durham p. U530
1995Opisopneustes Smith p. 223
2002Opisopneustes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusOpisopneustes

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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Opisopneustes tripolitanus Checchia-Rispoli 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available