| Mellitella stokesii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Clypeasteroida |
| Family: | Mellitidae |
| Genus: | Mellitella |
| Species: | M. stokesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Mellitella stokesii (L. Agassiz, 1841) | |
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Mellitella stokesii is a species of sand dollar within the family Mellitidae. [1] The species is found in the eastern Pacific off the coasts of Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador at depths up to 49 meters. [2] [3]
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz FRS (For) FRSE was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
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