Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Parent taxon: Mellitidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1942, Durham 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Holmes 1860, Kew 1920 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Encope, Leodia, Mellitella
Subtaxa: Mellita aclinensis Mellita longifissa Mellita pacifica Mellita quinquefora Mellita quinquiesperforata Mellita texana
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: California, Florida, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Pliocene of United States (6: Florida, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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