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Echinocyamus pusillus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Taxonomy
Spatangus pusillus was named by Müller (1776). It is extant. It is the type species of Echinocyamus.

It was recombined as Echinocyamus pusillus by Durham (1955) and Wagner (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Spatangus pusillus Müller
1955Echinocyamus pusillus Durham p. 133
1974Echinocyamus pusillus Wagner p. 109

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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()
infraorderLaganiformes
familyFibulariidae()
genusEchinocyamusvan Phelsum 1774
speciespusillus(Müller 1776)

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.

Echinocyamus pusillus Müller 1776
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France Echinocyamus pusillus (34609)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Echinocyamus pusillus (152330)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Belgium Echinocyamus pusillus (32146)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Echinocyamus pusillus (55829)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Echinocyamus pusillus (41300)