IRMNG - Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841

IRMNG taxon details

Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841

IRMNG_ID

1330438 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1330438)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912

Synonymised names

Melitta Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted

Direct children (28)

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Species Mellita grantii Mortensen, 1948
Species Mellita isometra Harold & Telford, 1990
Species Mellita kanakoffi Durham, 1961
Species Mellita longifissa Michelin, 1858
Species Mellita notabilis H.L. Clark, 1947
Species Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita tenuis H.L. Clark, 1940
Species Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848 accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita eduardobarrosoi Caso, 1981 accepted as Mellita notabilis H.L. Clark, 1947
Species Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851 accepted as Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita hexapora (Gmelin, 1788) accepted as Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940 accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita lobata L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope emarginata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita nummularia L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847 accepted as Mellita isometra Harold & Telford, 1990
Species Mellita nummularia (L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847) accepted as Encope emarginata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita pacifica Verrill, 1867 accepted as Encope pacifica (Verrill, 1867)
Species Mellita pentapora (Gmelin, 1788) accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita platensis Bernasconi, 1947 accepted as Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita quinquefora (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita sexforis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778) accepted as Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita sexies-perforata (Leske, 1778) accepted as Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita similis L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita stokesii (L. Agassiz, 1841) accepted as Mellitella stokesii (L. Agassiz, 1841)
Species Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita testudinata Klein, 1734 accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Species Mellita testudinea accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Mon. Echin., 2
page(s): 34 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark See Prostethes Gistl 1848.), (Nomen. Zool.). Authority cited elsewhere as L. Agassiz, 1841. Available name (validated by ICZN).

Taxonomic remark See Prostethes Gistl 1848.), (Nomen. Zool.). Authority cited elsewhere as L. Agassiz, 1841. Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330438 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

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original description Mon. Echin., 2
page(s): 34 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Fell, 1982 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Melitta Gistl, 1848) Nat. Thierr., p. x. [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006). Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Tertiary to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark See Prostethes Gistl 1848.), (Nomen. Zool.). Authority cited elsewhere as L. Agassiz, 1841. Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

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