World Echinoidea Database - Melechidae †

Echinoidea name details

Melechidae †

AphiaID

599317 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599317)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelling)

Accepted Name

Melonechinidae Lambert, 1900 † accepted as Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849 †

Rank

Family

Parent

Palaeozoic Echinoidea †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Melechidae †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599317 on 2024-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-06-04 08:14:07Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

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Sources (1)

basis of record Faas, A. V. 1941. Echinoidea. Pp. 72-75 in L. Librovitch (ed.) The Atlas of the Guide Forms of the Fossil Faunas of the U.S.S.R. Volume IV. Lower Carboniferous Moscow/Leningrad.
page(s): 73 [details]