Scutellidae

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Scutellidae

Scutellidae is a family of sand dollars (flat sea urchins) in the superfamily Scutellidea. All genera except Scaphechinus are extinct.

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Scutellidae
Temporal range: Oligocene–Quaternary [1]
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Fossils of Scutella paulensis from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Scutellidae

Gray, 1825[2]
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Genera

As of 2017, the World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following seven genera in this family:[3]

  • Allaster Nisiyama, 1968
  • Parascutella Durham, 1953
  • Remondella Durham, 1955
  • Samlandaster Lambert, in Lambert & Thiéry, 1914
  • Scaphechinus A. Agassiz, 1864
  • Scutella Lamarck, 1816
  • (sea urchin) Tournouër, 1869

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