WoRMS taxon details
Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912
158063 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158063)
accepted
Family
- Genus Encope L. Agassiz, 1840
- Genus Lanthonia Coppard, 2016
- Genus Leodia Gray, 1851
- Genus Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841
- Genus Mellitella Duncan, 1889
- Genus Desmoulinaster Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840 (subjective junior synonym)
- Genus Echinoglycus Gray, 1855 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840 (subjective junior synonym)
- Genus Echinoglyphus Gray, 1852 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840 (subjective junior synonym)
- Genus Macrophora Conrad, 1865 † accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840 (subjective junior synonym)
- Genus Moulinia L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840 (subjective junior synonym)
- Genus Moulinsia L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847 accepted as Moulinia L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840 (spelling mistake)
- Genus Ravenellia Lütken, 1864 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840 (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Stefanini, G. 1912. Osservazioni sulla distribuzione geografica, sulla origini e sulla filogenesi degli Scutellidae. Bolletino della Società Geologica Italiana 30 (1911), 739-754. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158063 on 2026-07-09
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Stefanini, G. 1912. Osservazioni sulla distribuzione geografica, sulla origini e sulla filogenesi degli Scutellidae. Bolletino della Società Geologica Italiana 30 (1911), 739-754. [details]
basis of record Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212., available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1477-2019&volume=8&issue=2&spage=147
page(s): 172 [details]
basis of record Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212., available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1477-2019&volume=8&issue=2&spage=147
page(s): 172 [details]
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Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Publication date Often cited as 1911, but was printed 19. Jan 1912 as stated on the last page of the paper. [details]
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