Mellitella Duncan 1889 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Full reference: P. M. Duncan. 1889. A revision of the genera and great groups of the Echinoidea. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 23:1-311
Parent taxon: Mellitidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Encope, Leodia, Mellita
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mellitella in the database
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