Scutellidae
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| 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 | |
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| Family: | Scutellidae Gray, 1825[2]
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Scutellidae is a family of sand dollars (flat sea urchins) in the superfamily Scutellidea. All genera except Scaphechinus are extinct.
Genera
As of 2017[update], 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
- † (sea urchin) Tournouër, 1869
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References
- ^ The Paleobiology Database
- ^ 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.
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