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Rhyncholampas pacificus

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Pygorhynchus pacificus was named by Agassiz (1869).

It was recombined as Cassidulus pacificus by Grant and Hertlein (1938); it was recombined as Rhyncholampas pacificus by Kier (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Pygorhynchus pacificus Agassiz
1938Cassidulus pacificus Grant and Hertlein p. 108
1962Rhyncholampas pacificus Kier p. 180

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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
genusRhyncholampasAgassiz 1869
speciespacificus(Agassiz 1869)

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.

Rhyncholampas pacificus Agassiz 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
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 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available