Subfamily Saleniinae Agassiz 1838 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Parent taxon: Saleniidae according to G. M. El Qot 2021

See also Fell and Pawson 1966, Geys 1979, Geys 1982 and Nisiyama 1966

Sister taxa: Salenia, Salenidia, Saleninae, Trisalenia, Valsalenia

Subtaxa: Saleniini

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Brazil (3), Egypt (9), Yemen (2)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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