Mellitidae

Not to be confused with Melitidae or Melittidae.

Mellitidae
Illustration of Leodia sexiesperforata by Louis Agassiz, 1841
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Suborder:	Scutellina
Family:	Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912[1]
Genera
see text

Mellitidae is a family of sand dollars, in the echinoderm order Clypeasteroida. These irregular sea urchins bury themselves in soft sediment in shallow seas.

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:-[1]

• Encope L. Agassiz, 1840
• Lanthonia Coppard, 2016
• Leodia Gray, 1851
• Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841
• Mellitella Duncan, 1889

• 
  Encope perspectiva (MNHN)
• 
  Lanthonia longifissa.
• 
  Mellita quinquiesperforata.
• 
  Leodia sexiesperforata
• 
  Mellitella stokesii (MNHN)

References

1. Kroh, Andreas (2018). "Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 September 2018.