Biology:Scutella (genus)
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Short description: Genus of echinoderms
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Fossils of Scutella paulensis from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Class: | Echinoidea
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Order: | Clypeasteroida
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Superfamily: | Scutellidea
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Genus: | Scutella Lamarck 1816
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Scutella is an extinct genus of sand dollars (flat sea urchins) in the family Scutellidae.
These slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivores lived from the Oligocene to the Quaternary epoch (48.6 to 0.012 Ma.).[1]
Species
- Scutella gabbi Raimond 1863
- Scutella paulensis Agassiz 1841
References
Wikidata ☰ Q18356299 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutella (genus).
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