Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Full reference: J. F. Geys. 1982. Regular echinoids from the Turonian and the Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Mons Basin (Belgium). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 53:1-20
Belongs to Salenia according to J. F. Geys 1982
Sister taxa: Salenia (Pleurosalenia), Salenia ameri, Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica, Salenia buddyi, Salenia cascadensis, 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
Type specimen: KBIN IST 10187. Its type locality is Chercq (IRSNB/KBIN collection), which is in a Turonian carbonate marl in Belgium.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Chercq (IRSNB/KBIN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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