Echinoidea taxon details
Gitolampas Gauthier, 1889 †
512897 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512897)
accepted
Genus
Pliolampas tunetana Gauthier, 1889 † accepted as Gitolampas tunetana (Gauthier, 1889) † (type by original designation)
Bothriolampas Gauthier in Fourtau, 1899 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Echanthus Cooke, 1942 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Gitolampopsis Checchia-Rispoli, 1921 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Santeelampas Cooke, 1959 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Gitolampas lamberti Checchia-Rispoli, 1921 †
- Species Gitolampas mcnamarae Srivastava, Singh, Tiwari & Jauhri, 2008 †
- Species Gitolampas sendaica Nisiyama, 1968 †
- Species Gitolampas subrotundus (Cotteau in Leymerie & Cotteau, 1856) †
- Species Gitolampas tunetana (Gauthier, 1889) †
- Species Gitolampas zuffardii Checchia-Rispoli, 1921 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Not documented
Distribution Europe, Cuba, Japan, NE Iran, North Africa, Pakistan, Oman, Tibet, United Arab Emirates, Madagascar,
India, and the USA.
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous (Senonian) to Miocene
India, and the USA.
Distribution Europe, Cuba, Japan, NE Iran, North Africa, Pakistan, Oman, Tibet, United Arab Emirates, Madagascar,
India, and the USA. [details]
India, and the USA. [details]
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous (Senonian) to Miocene
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous (Senonian) to Miocene [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Gitolampas Gauthier, 1889 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512897 on 2025-04-27
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Diagnosis Medium size, elongate, often with pointed posterior extremity, greatest width posterior to center, rounded margin; apical system monobasal, anterior, four genital pores; petals well developed, broad, closing distally, with broad interporiferous zones, poriferous zones of same petal of same length, pores conjugate, outer pore elongate but not slit-like, ambulacral plates beyond petals single pored; periproct marginal, slightly visible from above or below, longitudinal; peristome transverse, anterior, large, subpentagonal; bourrelets well developed, vertical walled; phyllodes broad, single pored, with two or sometimes three series of pores in each half-ambulacrum; buccal pores present. [details]Distribution Europe, Cuba, Japan, NE Iran, North Africa, Pakistan, Oman, Tibet, United Arab Emirates, Madagascar,
India, and the USA. [details]
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous (Senonian) to Miocene [details]
Morphology According to Carrasco et al. (2019: p. 5): "It is also worth noting the following observation by Kier (1962) about Gitolampas tunetana: “The figure by Cotteau (1890, pl. 246, fig. 6) of the floscelle is in error in showing double pores in the phyllodes”." [details]
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To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Bothriolampas Gauthier in Fourtau, 1899 †)
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To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Gitolampopsis Checchia-Rispoli, 1921 †)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Santeelampas Cooke, 1959 †)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Bothriolampas Gauthier in Fourtau, 1899 †)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Echanthus Cooke, 1942 †)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Gitolampopsis Checchia-Rispoli, 1921 †)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Santeelampas Cooke, 1959 †)
