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Family Acrosaleniidae Gregory, 1900, p. 306

Classification and/or Status	Paraphyletic stem group of Salenioida, treated here as an informal group, acrosaleniids.
Remarks	Glyptodiadema is a poorly known taxon from the Lower Jurassic that possibly belongs here. Gregory, J. W. 1900. The Echinoidea. Pp. 282-332 in E. R. Lankester (ed.) A Treatise on Zoology. Part III. The Echinodermata London, Charles and Adam Black.
Contributor comments:	[Andrew Smith, September 2006]