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Pusillaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida

Taxonomy
Pusillaster is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spatangoida by Fischer (1966) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pusillaster Fischer p. U627
2002Pusillaster Sepkoski

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

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