Scutella (echinoderm)
Genus of echinoderms
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Scutella is an extinct genus of sea urchins in the family Scutellidae.
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| Fossils of Scutella paulensis from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinolampadacea |
| Family: | Scutellidae |
| Genus: | †Scutella Lamarck, 1816 |
These slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivores lived from the Oligocene to the Quaternary epoch (48.6 to 0.012 Ma).[1]
Species
- Scutella gabbi Raimond 1863
- Scutella paulensis Agassiz 1841
