Marine Species Traits - Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849 †

Echinoidea taxon details

Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849 †

AphiaID

599315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599315)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Palaeozoic Echinoidea †

Synonymised names

Melechidae † · unaccepted (misspelling)

Melonechinidae Lambert, 1900 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Palaeechinidae Jackson, 1912 † · unaccepted (Illegal emendation of...)

Illegal emendation of Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849

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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 † (junior subjective synonym)
Genus Xysteria † accepted as Xystria Pomel, 1883 † (misspelling)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599315 on 2025-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-06-04 08:14:07Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

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Not documented

Present

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Introduced: alien

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