†Salenia anthophora Muller 1847 (sea urchin)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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