Traits name details
Mellita longifissa Michelin, 1858
513384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513384)
unaccepted (transferred to Lanthonia)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Michelin, H. 1858. Revue des espèces connues et nouvelles du genre Mellita, famille des clypéastroides. Rev. et mag. de zool. (2). X. pl. 8. 358-364, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316681
page(s): 360-361; pl. 8: fig. 1a-c [details]
page(s): 360-361; pl. 8: fig. 1a-c [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Mellita longifissa Michelin, 1858. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513384 on 2025-04-29
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Mellita longifissa Michelin, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513384 on 2025-04-29
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Michelin, H. 1858. Revue des espèces connues et nouvelles du genre Mellita, famille des clypéastroides. Rev. et mag. de zool. (2). X. pl. 8. 358-364, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316681
page(s): 360-361; pl. 8: fig. 1a-c [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): 427-428 [details]
redescription Harold, A. S. & Telford, M. 1990. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Mellita (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida). Journal of Natural History 24, 987-1026., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770621
page(s): 1006-1008 [details]
status source Coppard, S. E. (2016). A new genus of mellitid sand dollar (Echinoidea: Mellitidae) from the eastern Pacific coast of the Americas. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4111(2): 158-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4111.2.4
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 360-361; pl. 8: fig. 1a-c [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): 427-428 [details]
redescription Harold, A. S. & Telford, M. 1990. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Mellita (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida). Journal of Natural History 24, 987-1026., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770621
page(s): 1006-1008 [details]
status source Coppard, S. E. (2016). A new genus of mellitid sand dollar (Echinoidea: Mellitidae) from the eastern Pacific coast of the Americas. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4111(2): 158-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4111.2.4
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
