†Salenia ameri Lambert 1925 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Belongs to Salenia according to M. Sanchez Roig 1926
Sister taxa: Salenia (Pleurosalenia), Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica, 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ciego de Ávila, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in Cuba
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Ciego de Ávila
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