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Salenia obnupta

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Taxonomy
Salenia obnupta was named by Schluter (1892).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Salenia obnupta Schluter
1986Salenia obnupta Geys and Jagt p. 94 figs. 1a-g

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familySaleniidae()
genusSalenia
speciesobnuptaSchluter 1892

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Salenia obnupta Schluter 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:07:36
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:48:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium Salenia obnupta (196851)