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Salenia scutigera

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Taxonomy
Cidarites scutigera was named by Munster (1826). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Salenia.

It was recombined as Salenia scutigera by Linder et al. (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Cidarites scutigera Munster
1988Salenia scutigera Linder et al. p. 946

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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
speciesscutigera(Munster 1826)

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 scutigera Munster 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available