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Family of sea urchins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mellitidae is a family of sand dollars, in the echinoderm order Clypeasteroida. These irregular sea urchins bury themselves in soft sediment in shallow seas.
Mellitidae | |
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Illustration of Leodia sexiesperforata by Louis Agassiz, 1841 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Clypeasteroida |
Suborder: | Scutellina |
Family: | Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912[1] |
Genera | |
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The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:-[1]
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