Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.2.4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6089816 |
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Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841 |
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Des Scutelles. Monographies des Echinoderms Vivans et Fossiles. Monograph 2, 1–151.
Type species. Echinodiscus quinquiesperforatus Leske, 1778 (= Mellita testudinata Klein, 1734 ), by subsequent designation of Pomel, 1883.
Assigned species. (sensu Coppard et al. 2013) M. quinquiesperforata ( Leske, 1778) , M. tenuis Clark, 1940 (= M. isometra Harold & Telford, 1990 ), M. notabilis Clark, 1947 (= M. kanakoffi Durham, 1961 , = M. eduardobarrosoi Caso, 1981 ).
Distribution. Early Pliocene to Recent. Caribbean Sea, tropical and subtropical Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
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