The Echinoid Directory

Contributed by Andrew Smith, September 2006

Botriopygus d'Orbigny, 1856, p. 344

[=Bothriopygus Gauthier, 1902, p. 144 (nomen null.) ]

Name gender masculine
Type Catopygus obovatus L. Agassiz, 1836, p. 136, by subsequent designation of Cotteau, 1869, p. 121.
Classification and/or Status Objective junior synonym of Pygorhynchus L. Agassiz, 1839.
Remarks Orbigny, A. de 1854-60. Paléontologie Française. Terrains Crétacés. Tome 6. Echinodermes, Échinoides irréguliers. 596 pp, pls 801-1006. G. Masson, Paris. 1-32 (July 1854); 33-64 (Oct. 1854); 65-96 (Nov. 1854); 97-128 (Jan. 1855); 129-192 (Mar. 1855); 193-208 (May 1855); 209-224 (Aug. 1855); 225-272 (Nov. 1855); 273-320 (Oct. 1856) pp. 273-352 (Oct. 1856), pp. 353-384 (1857), pp. 385-400 (1858), pp. 401-432 (1858), pp. 433-596 (1860).