WoRMS taxon details
Clypeaster nummus Mortensen, 1948
513190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513190)
accepted
Species
Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) nummus Mortensen, 1948 · unaccepted (subgeneric subdivision of...)
subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mortensen, T. (1948). New Echinoidea (Cassiduloida, Clypeasteroida). Preliminary notice. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 111: 67-72.
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors

Distribution Tahiti, Society Islands, South Pacific Ocean
Taxonomic remark Additional data in Mortensen (1948e: 69)
Distribution Tahiti, Society Islands, South Pacific Ocean [details]
Taxonomic remark Additional data in Mortensen (1948e: 69)
Taxonomic remark Additional data in Mortensen (1948e: 69) [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Clypeaster nummus Mortensen, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513190 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Mortensen, T. (1948). New Echinoidea (Cassiduloida, Clypeasteroida). Preliminary notice. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 111: 67-72.
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
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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): 60 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors

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): 60 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
redescription
Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 127 [details]
page(s): 127 [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Originally attributed to Lovén by Mortensen, but since Lovèn's name was a manuscript name Mortensen is to be considered the author of the species. [details]Distribution Tahiti, Society Islands, South Pacific Ocean [details]
Taxonomic remark Additional data in Mortensen (1948e: 69) [details]