WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Mellita nummularia L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847a) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847a. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 7, 129-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13406197 page(s): 139 [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): 438-440 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Erroneously cited as Encope nummularia (instead of Mellita nummularia) in the synonymy list of Encope emarginata by Mortensen (1948d: p. 438). [details]
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