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[update], 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
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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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