Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Echinodermata - (Class) Echinoidea - (Order) Echinoida - (Family) Echinidae

Original position

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Echinidae (Family) Gray, 1825

Subsequent entries

Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Echinidae (Family) Gray, 1825

Ref: H.G. Hansson, 2001: 346.

Alternative positions

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1102.

Historical positions

Echinidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: H.G. Hansson, 2001: 346.
Echinoidea (Class) (Leske, 1778)	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Echinacea (Superorder) Claus, 1876	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Echinoidea (Class) (Leske, 1778)	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Echinidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: F.J. Fell, 1982: 808.
Regularia (Order) Latreille, 1825	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 443. [rough position]
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1102.
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 644, 663. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[17s;4v]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[17s;4v]