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Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Echinodermata
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class
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Echinoidea
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order
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Echinolampadacea
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family
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Mellitidae
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genus
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Mellita
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species
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Mellita quinquiesperforata
Name
- Synonyms
- Clypeaster pentaporus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Echinodiscus quinquiesperforata Leske, 1778
- Echinus pentaporus Gmelin, 1791
- Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848
- Mellita lata H.L.Clark, 1940
- Mellita latiambulacra H.L.Clark, 1940
- Mellita pentapora (Gmelin, 1791)
- Mellita quinquefora (Lamarck, 1816)
- Mellita quinquiesperforata lata H.L.Clark, 1940
- Mellita quinquiesperforata latiambulacra H.L.Clark, 1940
- Mellita testudinata Klein, 1734
- Mellita testudinata L.Agassiz, 1841
- Mellita testudinea
- Scutella pentapora (Gmelin, 1791)
- Scutella quinquefora Lamarck, 1816
- Homonyms
- Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
- Common names
- Sand dollar in English
- galleta de mar in language.
- Sand dollar in English
Bibliographic References
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Harold, A. S. & Telford, M. 1990. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Mellita (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida). Journal of Natural History 24, 987-1026.
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
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Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.
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Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
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Serafy, D. Keith, 1979: Echinoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, vol. V, pt. III. 1-120.