Scutellidae

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Oligocene|Quaternary}}[https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]

| image = Scutellidae - Scutella paulensis.JPG

| image_caption = Fossils of Scutella paulensis from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Echinodermata

| classis = Echinoidea

| subclassis = Euechinoidea

| ordo = Clypeasteroida

| superfamilia = Scutellidea

| familia = Scutellidae

| familia_authority =Gray, 1825

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

Genera

{{As of|2017}}, the World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following seven genera in this family:

†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

Scaphechinus mirabilis (16062551152).jpg|Scaphechinus mirabilis (Suma Aqualife Park, Kobe, Japan)

Scutella paulensis MNHN.JPG|Scutella paulensis (MNHN)

Scutella subrotunda.JPG|Scutella subrotunda (MNHN)

References

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{{cite WoRMS |author=Kroh, A. |year=2012 |title=Scutellidae Gray, 1825 |id=196179 |accessdate=6 September 2017 |db=Echinoidea}}

{{cite journal|last1=Gray|first1=J. E.|title=An Attempt to divide the Echinida or Sea Eggs, into Natural Families|journal=Annals of Philosophy|date=1825|volume=10|issue=6|pages=427–428|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2531612|series=New Series}}

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Category:Clypeasteroida

Category:Extant Oligocene first appearances

Category:Echinoderm families