Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae
Parent taxon: Scutellidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Clark 1904, Clark and Arnold 1923, Clark and Twitchell 1915, Durham 1953, Durham 1955, Durham 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Jackson 1937, Kew 1920, Nagao 1928, Sepkoski 2002 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Parascutella, Parmulechinus
Subtaxa: Scutella cazonesensis Scutella floridana Scutella nipponica Scutella tuomeyi
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Egypt (2), France (2), Japan (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Malta (5)
• Oligocene of Libya (2)
• Eocene of United States (3: California, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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