Biology:Scutellidae
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Short description: Family 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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| Family: | Scutellidae Gray, 1825[2]
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Scutellidae is a family of sand dollars (flat sea urchins) in the superfamily Scutellidea. All genera except Scaphechinus are extinct.
Genera
(As of 2017), the World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following seven genera in this family:[3]
- †Allaster Nisiyama, 1968
- †Parascutella Durham, 1953
- †Remondella Durham, 1955
- †Samlandaster Lambert, in Lambert & Thiéry, 1914
- Scaphechinus A. Agassiz, 1864
- †Scutella Lamarck, 1816
- †Scutulum Tournouër, 1869
Scaphechinus mirabilis (Suma Aqualife Park, Kobe, Japan)
Scutella paulensis (MNHN)
Scutella subrotunda (MNHN)
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References
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Gray, J. E. (1825). "An Attempt to divide the Echinida or Sea Eggs, into Natural Families". Annals of Philosophy.. New Series 10 (6): 427–428. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2531612.
- ↑ Kroh, A. (2012). "Scutellidae Gray, 1825". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196179.
Wikidata ☰ Q17518382 entry
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