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Saleniidae

Saleniidae

Overview

Saleniidae Agassiz, 1838

Common Name: Sea urchin

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Test is very ornamented with long, slender primary spines.

        SIZE:

Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        FEEDING MODE: Detritivore

        HABITAT: Semi-infaunal

Sources:

Fell, H. B. and Pawson, L. P., 1966. Systematic Descriptions, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, Volume 2. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 695 pp.


Genera of Saleniidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway