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Moira

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Moira was named by Agassiz (1872) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 942]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Hemiasteridae by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Schizasteridae by Cooke (1942) and Fischer (1966); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Moera Michelin
1872Moira Agassiz
1938Moira Grant and Hertlein p. 125
1942Moira Cooke p. 43
1966Moira Fischer p. U575
2002Moira Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusMoiraAgassiz 1872

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. Moira Agassiz 1872
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Subg. Moira (Moira) Fischer 1966
†Moira atropos Lamarck 1816
†Moira clothro Michelin 1855
Invalid names: Moera Michelin 1855 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Taiwan M. depressa (204453)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Aomori) M. obesa (204440)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic M. atropos (74968)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Schizaster atropos (203376)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) M. atropos (66720)