†Salenia texana Credner 1891 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Belongs to Salenia according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915
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 sigillata, Salenia tumidula
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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