†Mellita texana Conrad 1856 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327
Belongs to Mellita according to T. A. Conrad 1856
Sister taxa: Mellita aclinensis, Mellita longifissa, Mellita pacifica, Mellita quinquefora, Mellita quinquiesperforata
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mellita texana in the database
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