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Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849 † 
AphiaID: 599315

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Palaeozoic Echinoidea † (Subclass)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Palaeozoic Echinoidea †
Synonymised
taxa
  Melonechinidae Lambert, 1900 † (subjective junior synonym)
Palaeechinidae Jackson, 1912 † (Illegal emendation of Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849)
Source  from synonym: Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (editor) 2011. The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory, available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory [details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Genus Donbassechinus Faas, 1941 †
Genus Lovenechinus Jackson, 1912 †
Genus Maccoya Pomel, 1868 †
Genus Melonechinus Meek & Worthen, 1861 †
Genus Oligoporus Meek & Worthen, 1862 †
Genus Palaechinus McCoy, 1844 †
Genus Porechinus Dehm, 1961 †
Genus Xystria Pomel, 1883 †

Genus Aarchaeocidaris Webster, 1997 † accepted as Palaechinus McCoy, 1844 †
Genus Xysteria † accepted as Xystria Pomel, 1883 †
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range fossil only
Link To Echinoid Directory
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599315
Taxonomic
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2012-06-04 08:14:07Z  created  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Palaechinidae. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599315 on 2013-05-21
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