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Lefortia

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae

Taxonomy
Lefortia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Faujasiidae by Kier (1962) and Kier (1966); and to Cassiduloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Pomelia de Loriol
1901Pomeliopsis de Loriol
1962Lefortia Kier p. 135
1966Lefortia Kier p. U512
2002Lefortia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
familyFaujasiidae()
genusLefortia

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. †Lefortia
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Lefortia delgadoi De Loriol 1900
Lefortia trojana Cooke 1953
Invalid names: Pomelia de Loriol 1900 [replaced], Pomeliopsis de Loriol 1901 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available