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Scutella nipponica

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae

Taxonomy
Scutella nipponica was named by Nagao (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ashiya-machi, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Yamaga Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. montanarii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Scutella nipponica Nagao p. 16 figs. Plate I, Figs. 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyScutellidae
genusScutellaLamarck 1816
speciesnipponica

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.

†Scutella nipponica Nagao 1928
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Diagnosis
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