Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Full reference: V. A. Zullo, R. F. Kaar, J. W. Durham and E. C. Allison. 1964. The Echinoid genus Salenia in the Eastern Pacific. Palaeontology 7:331-349
Belongs to Salenia according to V. A. Zullo et al. 1964
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 scutigera, Salenia sigillata, Salenia texana, Salenia tumidula
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nasca Ridge guyot, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in South Pacific
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Nasca Ridge guyot
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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