Echinoidea taxon details
original description
Durham, J.W. 1961b. The Echinoid Mellita in the Pacific Coast Cenozoic. Contributions in Science Los Angeles County Museum 48, 3-12., available online at http://www.jstor.org/pss/1298794 page(s): 5-7; fig. 1d, pl. 2: fig. 2 [details]
basis of record
Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1 page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors 
redescription
Harold, A. S. & Telford, M. 1990. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Mellita (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida). Journal of Natural History 24, 987-1026., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770621 page(s): 1012-1014 [details]
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Distribution California, U.S.A. [details]
Fossil range Late Pleistocene [details]
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