Mellitidae

Mellita quinquiesperforata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scutellina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: Euechinoidea Superordo: Gnathostomata Ordo: Clypeasteroida Subordo: Scutellina

Familia: Mellitidae
Genera: Encope - Lanthonia – Leodia - Mellita - Mellitella

Name

Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912

References

• Coppard, S.E. 2016. A new genus of mellitid sand dollar (Echinoidea: Mellitidae) from the eastern Pacific coast of the Americas. Zootaxa 4111(2): 158–166. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.2.4. Reference page. 
• Stefanini, G. 1912: Osservazioni sulla distribuzione geografica, sulla origini e sulla filogenesi degli Scutellidae. Bolletino della Società Geologica Italiana 30(1911):739-754.
• Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. 2010: The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2:147-212

Links

• World Register of Marine Especies (WoRMS): Mellitidae AphiaID: 158063
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Mellitidae Stefanini, 1911 Taxonomic Serial No.: 158018