Melonites (echinoid)
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| Melonites multiporus fossil from St Louis, Missouri | |
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| Order: | Palaechinoidea |
| Family: | Palaechinidae |
| Genus: | Melonites Norwood & Owen, 1846 |
Melonites is an extinct genus of sea urchin from the family Palaechinidae. Species belonging to this genus lived during the late Mississippian (Meramecian).
The same generic name was used for a genus of goniatite, which was later renamed Nelomites.