Scutellidae
| Scutellidae Temporal range: [1]
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| Fossils of Scutella paulensis from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinolampadacea |
| Infraorder: | Scutelliformes |
| Superfamily: | Scutelloidea |
| Family: | Scutellidae Gray, 1825[2] |
Scutellidae is a family of sea urchins in the superfamily Scutelloidea. All genera except Scaphechinus are extinct.
Genera
As of 2017, the World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following seven genera in this family:[3]
- †Allaster Nisiyama, 1968
- †Parascutella Durham, 1953
- †Remondella Durham, 1955
- †Samlandaster Lambert, in Lambert & Thiéry, 1914
- Scaphechinus A. Agassiz, 1864
- †Scutella Lamarck, 1816
- †Scutulum Tournouër, 1869
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Scaphechinus mirabilis (Suma Aqualife Park, Kobe, Japan)
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Scutella paulensis (MNHN)
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Scutella subrotunda (MNHN)
References
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ Gray, J. E. (1825). "An Attempt to divide the Echinida or Sea Eggs, into Natural Families". Annals of Philosophy. New Series. 10 (6): 427–428.
- ^ Kroh, A. (2012). Kroh A, Mooi R (eds.). "Scutellidae Gray, 1825". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 September 2017.