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Contributed by Andrew Smith, October 2010

Mellita kanakoffi Durham, 1961

Diagnostic Features Compared to other Mellita species this shares the following combination of characters.
  • Rounded test outline
  • elongated anal lunule
  • widely divergent, sinuous food grooves
  • Maximum test thickness central
Distribution Pleistocene to Recent, Western central America (Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama)
Type Los Angeles County Museum 1121; Upper Pleistocene, Newport Beach, California, USA
Classification and/or Status A species of Mellita
Remarks See Harold & Telford (1990)

Harold, A. S. & Telford, M. 1990. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Mellita (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida). Journal of Natural History 24, 987-1026.