World Echinoidea Database - Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848

Echinoidea name details

Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848

AphiaID

569332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569332)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > nomen nudum (mentioned in a list only - status clarified by Holmes (1860: p. 3))

Accepted Name

Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ravenel, E. 1848. Echinidae, Recent and fossil, of South Carolina, January 1848. Burges and James. Charleston, SC, United States. Pages: 4. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41189461
page(s): 4 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569332 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2014-11-02 20:34:54Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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Sources (2)
Notes (1)

original description Ravenel, E. 1848. Echinidae, Recent and fossil, of South Carolina, January 1848. Burges and James. Charleston, SC, United States. Pages: 4. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41189461
page(s): 4 [details]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 422-425 [details]

From editor or global species database

Authority Ravenel (1848, p. 4) attributes this specie to Holmes, but this is based on a manuscript name (see Holmes, 1860: p. 3) [details]