Salenia anthophora Muller 1847 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Belongs to Salenia according to J. F. Geys 1979

Sister taxa: Salenia (Pleurosalenia), Salenia ameri, 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 scutigera, Salenia sigillata, Salenia texana, Salenia tumidula

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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