Marine Species Traits - Echinodiscus pedemontanus (Airaghi, 1899) †

Echinoidea taxon details

Echinodiscus pedemontanus (Airaghi, 1899) †

AphiaID

828864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:828864)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinodiscus Leske, 1778

Original name

Amphiope pedemontana Airaghi, 1899 †

Synonymised names

Amphiope pedemontana Airaghi, 1899 † · unaccepted (transferred to Echinodiscus)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Type data

Neotype (of Amphiope pedemontana Airaghi, 1899) MSNG...

Neotype (of Amphiope pedemontana Airaghi, 1899) MSNG MSNDG.1218 [details]

, Note Val Bormida, Liguria and Piedmont, Italy., The...

From editor or global species database

Type locality Val Bormida, Liguria and Piedmont, Italy. [details]

Type material The whole type-series, located at the Natural History Museum of Milan, was lost in the bombing during the last World War [details]

Descriptive notes

Fossil range Rupelian, Early Oligocene

Fossil range Rupelian, Early Oligocene [details]

Stratigraphy Molare Formation

Stratigraphy Molare Formation [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Echinodiscus pedemontanus (Airaghi, 1899) †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828864 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-01-08 09:32:37Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2019-04-08 08:15:04Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

[taxonomic tree]

new combination reference Stara, P.; Sanciu, L. (2014). Analysis of some astriclypeids echinoids (Echinoidea Clypeasteroidea). – In: Stara, P. (ed.): Studies on some astriclypeids (Echinoidea Clypeasteroida). <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 5/2: 291-358., available online at http://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/5(2)_291-358.pdf
page(s): 338 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Neotype (of Amphiope pedemontana Airaghi, 1899) MSNG MSNDG.1218 [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Species of medium-small size, depressed lateral profile, narrow and elongated axially lunules on the posterior ambulacra. Frontal odd petal slightly longer than the others and always open. In the oral face on inter. 5 there are only two pairs of post-basicoronal plates, with the first two large and paired. [details]

Fossil range Rupelian, Early Oligocene [details]

Neotype Neotype: MSNDG.1218; housed at the Museo di Storia Naturale “G. Doria” of Genoa, Italy. [details]

Stratigraphy Molare Formation [details]

Type locality Val Bormida, Liguria and Piedmont, Italy. [details]

Type material The whole type-series, located at the Natural History Museum of Milan, was lost in the bombing during the last World War [details]

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