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Mellita
Taxonomy
Mellita was named by Agassiz (1841) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Echinidae by Holmes (1860); to Scutellidae by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Scutellidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Kew (1920), Cooke (1942); to Mellitidae by Durham (1955), Durham (1966); and to Clypeasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Echinidae by Holmes (1860); to Scutellidae by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Scutellidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Kew (1920), Cooke (1942); to Mellitidae by Durham (1955), Durham (1966); and to Clypeasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Mellita Agassiz |
| 1860 | Mellita Holmes p. 3 |
| 1915 | Mellita Clark and Twitchell p. 204 |
| 1920 | Mellita Kew p. 137 |
| 1938 | Mellita Grant and Hertlein p. 101 |
| 1942 | Mellita Cooke p. 21 |
| 1955 | Mellita Durham p. 172 figs. Figs. 16, b; 17, a; pl. 2, fig. 1 |
| 1966 | Mellita Durham p. U485 |
| 2002 | Mellita Sepkoski |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Mellita Agassiz 1841
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†Mellita aclinensis Kier 1963
†Mellita longifissa Michelin 1858
†Mellita pacifica Verrill 1867
†Mellita quinquefora Lamarck 1816
†Mellita quinquiesperforata Leske 1778
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†Mellita quinquiesperforata tenuis Clark 1940
Invalid names: Mellita pentapora Gmelin 1788 [synonym]
†Mellita texana Conrad 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Dominican Republic | M. sp. (94143 131526) | |
| Langhian | Dominican Republic | M. sp. (93796) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Florida) | M. aclinensis (35026) | |
| Zanclean | USA (Virginia) | M. aclinensis (155887) M. aclinus (155892) | |
| Zanclean | USA (South Carolina) | M. carolinana (60940) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | M. aclinensis (35028 35029) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | USA (North Carolina) | M. aclinensis (61919) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. longifissa (138720) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. quinquiesperforata (35030 35032) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. sp. (160361) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | M. pentapora (66760) M. quinquesperforata (60929) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (California) | M. longifissa (20625) |