Mellitidae
Mellitidae is a family of sand dollars, in the echinoderm order Clypeasteroida. These irregular sea urchins bury themselves in soft sediment in shallow seas.
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Genera
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:-[1]
- Encope L. Agassiz, 1840
- Lanthonia Coppard, 2016
- Leodia Gray, 1851
- Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841
- Mellitella Duncan, 1889
Encope perspectiva (MNHN)
Lanthonia longifissa.
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Mellitella stokesii (MNHN)
References
- Kroh, Andreas (2018). "Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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