World Echinoidea Database - Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851

WoRMS name details

Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851

AphiaID

569333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569333)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Accepted Name

Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841

Original name

Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 36 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569333 on 2024-07-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 36 [details]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 429-432 [details]