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Nucleopygus similis

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Echinobrissus similis was named by d'Orbigny (1856).

It was recombined as Nucleopygus similis by Smith (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. coravium, N. parallelus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Echinobrissus similis d'Orbigny
1991Nucleopygus similis Smith p. 40 figs. Pl 10I-K; text-fig 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
genusNucleopygus
speciessimilis(d'Orbigny 1856)

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.

†Nucleopygus similis d'Orbigny 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available