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Leodia caroliniana

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae

Taxonomy
Scutella caroliniana was named by Ravenel (1841).

It was recombined as Mellita caroliniana by Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Leodia caroliniana by Cooke (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Scutella caroliniana Ravenel
1915Mellita caroliniana Clark and Twitchell p. 204
1942Leodia caroliniana Cooke p. 23

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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
familyMellitidae
genusLeodiaGray 1852
speciescaroliniana(Ravenel 1841)

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.

Leodia caroliniana Ravenel 1841
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Mellita caroliniana (92411)