†Salenia scutigera Munster 1826 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Alternative combination: Cidarites scutigera
Belongs to Salenia according to R. A. Linder et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Salenia (Pleurosalenia), Salenia ameri, Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica, Salenia buddyi, Salenia cascadensis, Salenia cherei, Salenia heberti, Salenia hondoensis, Salenia mexicana, Salenia microprocta, Salenia minima, Salenia novemprovincialis, Salenia nutrix, Salenia obnupta, Salenia schencki, Salenia scrippsae, Salenia sigillata, Salenia texana, Salenia tumidula
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Ammonite Unit Cenomanian 1, Sergipe Basin (Cretaceous of Brazil)
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