Mellitella Duncan 1889 (sand dollar)

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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