Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912 
AphiaID: 158063

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Scutelliformes (Infraorder) > Scutellidea (Superfamily)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Scutellidea
Sources		original description: 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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Encope L. Agassiz, 1840a Genus Leodia Gray, 1851a Genus Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841a Genus Mellitella Duncan, 1889 Genus Desmoulinaster Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840a Genus Echinoglycus Gray, 1855 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840a Genus Echinoglyphus Gray, 1852 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840a Genus Macrophora Conrad, 1865 † accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840a Genus Moulinia L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840a Genus Moulinsia L. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847a accepted as Moulinia L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840a Genus Ravenellia Lütken, 1864 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840a
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
Note		Date of publication: Often cited as 1911, but was printed 19. Jan 1912 as stated on the last page of the paper. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158063
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-25 08:24:16Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2005-12-30 14:07:12Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2010-08-31 07:25:31Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas 2012-09-07 08:47:35Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158063 on 2013-05-21