World Echinoidea Database - Wrightechinus Smith, 2016 †

Echinoidea taxon details

Wrightechinus Smith, 2016 †

AphiaID

1339533 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1339533)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Salenioida

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Species Wrightechinus lycetti (Wright, 1851) †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Smith, A.B. (2016). British Jurassic Regular Echinoids. <em>Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 170 (646): 69-176, pls 42-82.
page(s): 93 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Wrightechinus Smith, 2016 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1339533 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-04-10 06:18:11Z

created

Suppan, Laura

2020-05-08 12:20:04Z

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Kroh, Andreas

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original description Smith, A.B. (2016). British Jurassic Regular Echinoids. <em>Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 170 (646): 69-176, pls 42-82.
page(s): 93 [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Genus or regular echinoid with a monocyclic apical disc that incorporates numerous periproctal plates. Ambulacral tubercles no more than one-third the diameter of interambulacral tubercles on ambital plates. Ambulacral plating trigeminate, compound in acrosaleniid style from ambitus adapically. Scrobicular tubercles differentiated. [details]