Salenia minima Desor 1846 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

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 novemprovincialis, Salenia nutrix, Salenia obnupta, Salenia schencki, Salenia scrippsae, Salenia scutigera, Salenia sigillata, Salenia texana, Salenia tumidula

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

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

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