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Echinocardium

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae

Taxonomy
Echinocardium was named by Gray (1825) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spatangidae by Clark (1904) and Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Echinocardiidae by Cooke (1942); to Loveniidae by Fischer (1966) and Henderson (1975); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Echinocardium Gray
1904Echinocardium Clark p. 430
1915Echinocardium Clark and Twitchell p. 213
1942Echinocardium Cooke p. 59
1966Echinocardium Fischer p. U613
1975Echinocardium Henderson p. 32
2002Echinocardium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
superfamilySpatangidea
familyLoveniidae
genusEchinocardiumGray 1825

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. Echinocardium Gray 1825
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Echinocardium deperessum Clark and Twitchell 1915
Echinocardium orthonotum Conrad 1843
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Invalid names: Echinocardium ampliforus McCrady 1855 [synonym], Echinocardium gothicum Ravenel 1848 [synonym], Echinocardium virginianum Forbes 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available