The Echinoid Directory

Contributed by Andrew Smith, September 2011

Valsalenia Mortensen, 1934, p. 165

Diagnostic Features	Apical disc large with strong granular epistromal ornament over all plates. Periproct opening small and displaced towards ambulacrum I. Suranal plate prominent. Ocular I separated from the periproct. Ambulacral zones narrow; plating simple throughout, or with bigeminate plating only immediately beside the peristome. Narrow ridge separating successive pore-pairs. Interambulacral zones wide with three or four tubercles in a column. Tubercles imperforate and crenulate.
Distribution	Upper Maastrichtian, France
Name gender	feminine
Type	Salenia garumnensis Valette, 1905, p. 27, by original designation.
Species Included	Only the type species.
Classification and/or Status	Salenioida, Saleniidae, Saleniinae Subjective junior synonym of Bathysalenia Pomel, 1883.
Remarks	Mortensen (1934, p. 165) distinguished this genus because of the alternating size of the primary tubercles on successive ambulacral plates and the presence of a ridge between pore-pairs. Little distinguishes this species from Bathysalenia granulosa. Mortensen, T. 1934. New Echinoidea (Preliminary Notice). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kobenhavn 98, 161-167. Valette, A. 1905. Description de quelques echinides nouveaux de la Craie senonnienne du Departement de l'Yonne. Bulletin de la Societe scientifique de l'Yonne 58(3), 21-45.