The Echinoid Directory

Platyclypeina Lambert & Thiery, 1914, p. 304

Diagnostic Features	A Clypeaster with sharp ambitus, flat base and relatively short petals.
Distribution	Miocene, Circum-mediterranean.
Name gender	feminine
Type	Clypeaster marginatus Lamarck, 1816, by original designation.
Classification and/or Status	Clypeasteroida; Clypeasterina; Clypeasteridae. Subjective junior synonym of Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801.
Remarks	Lambert, J. & Thiery, P. 1909-1925. Essai de nomenclature raisonnee des echinides. Chaumont, L. Ferriere. Mortensen, T. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea IV.2 Clypeasteroida. C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.