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Asterostoma

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae

Taxonomy
Asterostoma is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asterostomatidae by Fischer (1966) and Kier (1984); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Asterostoma Fischer p. U616
1984Asterostoma Kier p. 124
2002Asterostoma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyAsterostomatidae
genusAsterostoma

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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Asterostoma pawsoni Kier 1984
Asterostoma subcircularis Sanchez Roig 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available