Temnopleuridea is an
infraorder
Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between Family_(biology), family and Class_(biology), class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classific ...
of
sea urchin
Sea urchins or urchins () are echinoderms in the class (biology), class Echinoidea. About 950 species live on the seabed, inhabiting all oceans and depth zones from the intertidal zone to deep seas of . They typically have a globular body cove ...
s in the order
Camarodonta
The Camarodonta are an Order (biology), order of globular sea urchins in the class (biology), class Echinoidea. The fossil record shows that camarodonts have been in existence since the Lower Cretaceous.[test
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is usually sculpted to some degree, and has perforated tubercles.
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Taxonomy
According to World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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:[
* Family Glyphocyphidae Duncan, 1889 †
* Family ]Temnopleuridae
''Temnopleuridae'' is a family (biology), family of sea urchins in the infraorder Temnopleuridea.
Genera
* ''Amblypneustes'' Louis Agassiz, L. Agassiz, 1841
* ''Erbechinus'' Jeannet, 1935
* ''Holopneustes'' Louis Agassiz, L. Agassiz, 1841
* ''Me ...
A. Agassiz, 1872
* Family Trigonocidaridae
Trigonocidaridae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Camarodonta.
Genera
Genera:
* ''Arbacina'' Pomel, 1869
* ''Asterechinus'' Mortensen, 1942
* ''Brochopleurus''
References
Camarodonta
Echinoderm families
{{echinoidea ...
Mortensen, 1903b
* Family Zeuglopleuridae Lewis, 1986 †
Bibliography
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References
Extant Late Cretaceous first appearances
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