Salenia belgica Lambert 1887 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Synonyms: Salenia desori Lambert 1911, Salenia hagenowi Nestler 1965 [objective synonym]

Belongs to Salenia according to J. F. Geys 1979

Sister taxa: Salenia (Pleurosalenia), Salenia ameri, Salenia anthophora, 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:

• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (2), the Netherlands (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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