Salenia microprocta Smith 1995 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Full reference: A. B. Smith. 1995. Late Campanian-Maastrichtian echinoids from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology Series) 51:121-240

Belongs to Salenia according to A. B. Smith 1995

Sister taxa: Salenia (Pleurosalenia), Salenia ameri, Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica, Salenia buddyi, Salenia cascadensis, Salenia cherei, Salenia heberti, Salenia hondoensis, Salenia mexicana, Salenia minima, Salenia novemprovincialis, Salenia nutrix, Salenia obnupta, Salenia schencki, Salenia scrippsae, Salenia scutigera, Salenia sigillata, Salenia texana, Salenia tumidula

Type specimen: BMNH EE3657

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Salenia microprocta in the database

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