WoRMS name details
Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841
569345 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569345)
unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. 2 (Seconde Monographie). Des Scutelles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, i-iv, 1-151, pls 1-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395637
page(s): 40; pl. 4a: figs 7-9 [details]
page(s): 40; pl. 4a: figs 7-9 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569345 on 2024-05-20
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original description
Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. 2 (Seconde Monographie). Des Scutelles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, i-iv, 1-151, pls 1-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395637
page(s): 40; pl. 4a: figs 7-9 [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): 422-425 [details]
page(s): 40; pl. 4a: figs 7-9 [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): 422-425 [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Attributed to Klein [1734] by L. Agassiz (1841: p. 40), but since the former is a pre-Linnean work and Agassiz's use is the first to make the name validly available, Agassiz is the correct author according to the Code. [details]
