World Echinoidea Database - Mellita pacifica Verrill, 1867

Echinoidea name details

Mellita pacifica Verrill, 1867

AphiaID

569348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569348)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (transferred to Encope)

Accepted name

Encope pacifica (Verrill, 1867)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841

Original name

Mellita pacifica Verrill, 1867

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Mellita pacifica Verrill, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569348 on 2025-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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Sources (2)

context source (PeRMS) Verrill, A. E. (1867). Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 2. Notes on the echinoderms of Panama and the west coast of America, with descriptions of a new genus. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1(2): 251-322., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13465264#page/261/mode/1up [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): 432-433 [details]