Scutella
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See also: scutella
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scutella (“small or shallow bowl”).
Proper noun
†Scutella f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scutellidae – extinct sand dollars that lived from c. 100mya to c. 4mya.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Deuterostomia – superphylum; Echinodermata – phylum; Echinozoa – subphylum; Echinoidea – class; Clypeasteroida - order; Scutellidae - family
Coordinate terms
- (genus in Scutellidae): †Parascutella, †Parmulechinus - selected extinct genera; Scaphechinus - sole accepted extant genus
References
Category:Scutella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Scutella at Paleobiology Database
