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Leptosalenia sergipensis

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Taxonomy
Salenia sergipensis was named by White (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Leptosalenia sergipensis by Smith (1991).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Salenia sergipensis White p. 252 figs. pl. 27, figs. 11, 12
1887Salenia similis White p. 256 figs. pl. 27, fig. 10
1888Salenia dombeensis de Loriol p. 100 figs. Pl 6, figs 2-4
1917Salenia dombeensis Gregory p. 586
1936Salenia sergipensis Maury p. 266
1936Salenia similis Maury p. 268
1991Leptosalenia sergipensis Smith p. 19 figs. Pl 2A-H; text-figs 9-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familySaleniidae()
subfamilySaleniinaeAgassiz 1838
tribeSaleniiniAgassiz 1838
genusLeptosaleniaSmith and Wright 1990
speciessergipensis(White 1887)

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.

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Invalid names: Salenia dombeensis de Loriol 1888 [synonym], Salenia similis White 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available