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Pelanechinus corallinus

Echinoidea - Echinothurioida - Pelanechinidae

Taxonomy
Hemipedina corallina was named by Wright (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Malton, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Coralline Oolite Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pelanechinus.

It was recombined as Pelanechinus corallinus by Smith (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Hemipedina corallina Wright
2015Pelanechinus corallinus Smith p. 37 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-5; text-fig 6A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
orderEchinothurioida()
familyPelanechinidae
genusPelanechinus
speciescorallinus(Wright 1858)

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.

Pelanechinus corallinus Wright 1858
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Diagnosis
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