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Salenioida

Echinoidea - Salenioida

Taxonomy

Salenina was named by Delage and Hérouard (1903). It is extant.

It was corrected as Salenioida by Fell and Pawson (1966), Linder et al. (1988), Sepkoski (2002) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Echinacea by Fell and Pawson (1966); to Echinoidea by Linder et al. (1988) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Calycina by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Subtaxa

Acrosaleniidae, Eurysalenia, Goniophoridae, Hyposaleniidae, Pseudosaleniidae, Saleniidae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1966	Salenioida Fell and Pawson p. U375
1988	Salenioida Linder et al. p. 946
2002	Salenioida Sepkoski
2010	Salenioida Kroh and Smith p. 170

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()

Rank	Name	Author
class	Echinoidea	()
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea	()
—	Carinacea
—	Calycina	(Gregory 1900)
order	Salenioida	()
order	Salenioida	()

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.

Or. Salenioida Delage and Hérouard 1903

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Fm. †Acrosaleniidae Gregory 1900

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G. †Acrosalenia Agassiz 1840

†Acrosalenia hemicidaroides Wright 1851

†Acrosalenia lycetti Wright 1851

†Acrosalenia spinosa Agassiz 1847

G. †Heterosalenia Cotteau

Tr. †Holosaleniini Smith and Wright 1990

G. †Holosalenia Smith and Wright 1990

G. †Milnia Haime 1849

G. †Monodiadema

G. †Polysalenia

G. †Pseudosalenia

†Pseudosalenia malogostiana Radwanska 1999

G. †Recrosalenia

†Recrosalenia somaliensis Currie 1935

G. †Eurysalenia

Fm. †Hyposaleniidae Mortensen 1934

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G. †Goniophorus Agassiz 1838

G. †Hyposalenia Desor 1858

†Hyposalenia heliophora Agassiz and Desor 1846

Invalid names: Peltastes heliophorus Desor 1864 [synonym], Peltastes ultimus Ravn 1928 [synonym]

G. †Idiocidaris

G. †Peltastes Agassiz 1838

G. †Poropeltaris

Fm. Saleniidae Agassiz 1838

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G. Salenia Gray 1835

Subg. †Salenia (Pleurosalenia) De Loriol 1902

†Salenia ameri Lambert 1925

†Salenia anthophora Muller 1847

†Salenia belgica Lambert 1887

Invalid names: Salenia desori Lambert 1911 [synonym]

†Salenia buddyi Osborn et al. 2016

†Salenia cascadensis Linder et al. 1988

†Salenia cherei Geys 1982

†Salenia heberti Cotteau 1861

†Salenia hondoensis Cooke 1953

†Salenia mexicana Schulter 1910

†Salenia microprocta Smith 1995

†Salenia minima Desor 1846

†Salenia novemprovincialis Nisiyama 1966

†Salenia nutrix Peron and Gauthier 1881

Invalid names: Salenia cossiaea Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 [synonym], Salenia lamberti Checchia-Rispoli 1932 [synonym]

†Salenia obnupta Schluter 1892

†Salenia schencki Zullo et al. 1964

Salenia scrippsae Zullo et al. 1964

†Salenia scutigera Munster 1826

†Salenia sigillata Schluter 1892

Invalid names: Salenia rutoti Lambert 1911 [synonym]

†Salenia texana Credner 1891

†Salenia tumidula Clark 1801

Invalid names: Salenia bellula Clark 1801 [synonym]

G. †Salenidia Pomel 1883

†Salenidia bonissenti Cotteau 1866

†Salenidia maestrichtensis Schluter 1892

†Salenidia sanctipetri Geys 1979

†Salenidia schlueteri Lambert 1911

Subfm. Saleniinae Agassiz 1838

Tr. Saleniini Agassiz 1838

G. †Leptosalenia Smith and Wright 1990

†Leptosalenia arabica Fourtau 1921

†Leptosalenia humei Fourtau 1921

†Leptosalenia sergipensis White 1887

Invalid names: Salenia dombeensis de Loriol 1888 [synonym], Salenia similis White 1887 [synonym]

G. †Sinaiosalenia El Qot 2021

†Sinaiosalenia rhombohedralis El Qot 2021

G. †Trisalenia

G. †Valsalenia

Invalid names: Saleninae Agassiz [empty]

Invalid names: Goniophoridae Smith and Wright 1990 [empty], Pseudosaleniidae Vadet 1999 [empty]

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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Jurassic to the top of the Holocene or 174.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 174.1 Ma

Collections (287 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic	201.4 - 145.0	Tunisia	Monodiadema cotteaui (13862)
Toarcian	182.7 - 174.1	Saudi Arabia	Acrosalenia sp. (48715)
Middle Jurassic	174.7 - 161.5	United Kingdom (Gloucestershire)	Acrosalenia sp. (204056 204105)
Late/Upper Bajocian	171.6 - 167.7	Switzerland	Acrosalenia bradfordensis (32036)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	Saudi Arabia	Acrosalenia dhrumaensis (45266 48080) Acrosalenia dhrumaensis, Acrosalenia sp. (45268) Acrosalenia sp. (48078) Acrosalenia sp., Acrosalenia arabica (45301) Acrosalenia sp., Recrosalenia sp. (48112) Recrosalenia sp. (48082)
Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian	170.3 - 164.7	Saudi Arabia	Acrosalenia arabica, Acrosalenia bowersi, Acrosalenia sp. (45303)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Saudi Arabia	Acrosalenia arabica (45395 48300 48399 48451 48456) Acrosalenia arabica, Acrosalenia bowersi (48142) Acrosalenia arabica, Acrosalenia bowersi, Acrosalenia sp., Acrosalenia humei, Recrosalenia sp. (48405) Acrosalenia bowersi (48302 48340) Acrosalenia dhrumaensis, Acrosalenia sp., Pseudosalenia magniprocta (48339) Acrosalenia hemicrenulata (48313 48332) Acrosalenia sp. (48487) Acrosalenia sp., Acrosalenia arabica, Acrosalenia bowersi, Pseudosalenia magniprocta (48366) Acrosalenia sp., Recrosalenia somaliensis (48448) Acrosalenia sp., Recrosalenia sp. (48402) Recrosalenia somaliensis (45467) Recrosalenia sp. (48373 48397)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	United Kingdom (England)	Acrosalenia hemicidaroides (36548 36549 36550)
Bathonian - Callovian	168.3 - 163.5	Somalia	Recrosalenia somaliensis (100385)
Early/Lower Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Italy	Acrosalenia hemicidaroides (160187)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France	Acrosalenia spinosa (58932)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	United Kingdom (England)	Acrosalenia sp. (38159)
Middle Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	United Kingdom (England)	Acrosalenia hemicidaroides (36546)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Tunisia	Monodiadema cotteaui (31075)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Yemen (Wadi Hajar)	Acrosalenia somaliensis (2589 2599 2605) Acrosalenia somealiensis (2601) Acrosalenia wyvillei (2566)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Somalia	Recrosalenia somaliensis (100379 100386)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Saudi Arabia	Acrosalenia depressus (45538) Acrosalenia hemicrenulata (45540 48561) Acrosalenia hemicrenulata, Acrosalenia sp., Heterosalenia ornata (48564) Acrosalenia sp., Acrosalenia hemicrenulata, Heterosalenia ornata (45547) Heterosalenia ornata (45539) Monodiadema sp. (47876 47900 48598) Recrosalenia somaliensis (48604) Recrosalenia sp. (48582)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Ethiopia (Afar)	Recrosalenia somaliensis (92924)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Tunisia	Monodiadema cotteaui (13783 13785 13789 13791 13813 13864 13865 13869 13871 13900 13903 13950 13951)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Tunisia	Monodiadema cotteaui (13585 13587 13608 13609 13610 13663 13664 31078)