Salenia sigillata Schluter 1892 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Synonym: Salenia rutoti Lambert 1911

Belongs to Salenia according to J. F. Geys 1979

Sister taxa: Salenia (Pleurosalenia), Salenia ameri, 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 texana, Salenia tumidula

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), the Netherlands (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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