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Breynia

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae

Taxonomy
Breynia is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Loveniidae by Fischer (1966); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Breynia Fischer p. U613
2002Breynia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
superfamilySpatangidea
familyLoveniidae
genusBreynia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Breynia carinata d'Archaic and Haime 1853
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 15.97000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Western Australia) B. carinata (63288 63294)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) B. sp. (41609)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia B. magna (70099)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Taiwan B. testudinaria, B. cordata (72016)