World Echinoidea Database - Mecaster orbignyanus (Desor, 1858) †

Echinoidea taxon details

Mecaster orbignyanus (Desor, 1858) †

AphiaID

1438421 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438421)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mecaster Pomel, 1883 †

Orig. name

Hemiaster orbignyanus Desor, 1858 †

Synonymised names

Hemiaster orbignyanus Desor, 1858 † · unaccepted (transferred to Mecaster)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Hemiaster orbignyanus Desor, 1858 †) Desor, E. 1855-1858. Synopsis des échinides fossiles. Reinwald, Paris, lxviii+490 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10699378
page(s): 377 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Mecaster orbignyanus (Desor, 1858) †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438421 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-06-02 07:19:31Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

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Sources (2)

original description (of Hemiaster orbignyanus Desor, 1858 †) Desor, E. 1855-1858. Synopsis des échinides fossiles. Reinwald, Paris, lxviii+490 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10699378
page(s): 377 [details]

new combination reference Néraudeau, D., David, B. & Al-Muallem, M.S. (1995). The Cretaceous echinoids from central Saudi Arabia. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen.</em> 197: 399-424.
page(s): 419-420 [details] Available for editors