World Echinoidea Database - Mespilia globulus albida H.L. Clark, 1925

WoRMS name details

Mespilia globulus albida H.L. Clark, 1925

AphiaID

569893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569893)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Accepted name

Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymised names

Mespilia globulus var. albida H.L. Clark, 1925 · unaccepted (Infrasubspecific taxon that is to...)

Infrasubspecific taxon that is to be treated as a subspecies according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.4

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Clark, H. L. (1925). A Catalogue of the Recent Sea-Urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). <em>Oxford University Press, London.</em> 250 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/catalogueofrec00brit#7
page(s): 93-94 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Locality unknown

Distribution Locality unknown [details]

Taxonomic remark Originally proposed as an infrasubspecific taxon (variety), but is to be treated as a subspecies according to the Code...

Taxonomic remark Originally proposed as an infrasubspecific taxon (variety), but is to be treated as a subspecies according to the Code (ICZN 1999 Art. 45.6.4.). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Mespilia globulus albida H.L. Clark, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569893 on 2025-06-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:44:26Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-20 06:10:03Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2014-06-24 17:53:00Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Sources (3)
Notes (2)

Nomenclature

original description Clark, H. L. (1925). A Catalogue of the Recent Sea-Urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). <em>Oxford University Press, London.</em> 250 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/catalogueofrec00brit#7
page(s): 93-94 [details]

basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

status source Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 183 [details]

From editor or global species database

Distribution Locality unknown [details]

Taxonomic remark Originally proposed as an infrasubspecific taxon (variety), but is to be treated as a subspecies according to the Code (ICZN 1999 Art. 45.6.4.). [details]