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Salenia novemprovincialis

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Taxonomy
Salenia novemprovincialis was named by Nisiyama (1966). Its type specimen is IGPS 73750 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Otokojima, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Kakinoura Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Salenia novemprovincialis Nisiyama p. 187 figs. PI. 2, figs. 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familySaleniidae()
genusSalenia
speciesnovemprovincialis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Salenia novemprovincialis Nisiyama 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:07:36
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:48:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Japan (Nagasaki) Salenia novemprovincialis (type locality: 204379)