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A new genus of mellitid sand dollar (Echinoidea: Mellitidae) from the eastern Pacific coast of the Americas

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Coppard, Simon E. (2016): A new genus of mellitid sand dollar (Echinoidea: Mellitidae) from the eastern Pacific coast of the Americas. Zootaxa 4111 (2): 158-166, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.2.4

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