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Heterosalenia occidentalis Hawkins, 1923

Distribution	Campanian-Maastrichtian, Jamaica.
Classification and/or Status	A species of Heterosalenia Cotteau, 1861
Remarks	See Donovan (1990) for a recent description. Donovan, S.K. 1990. Jamaican Cretaceous Echinoidea. 2. Goniopygus supremus Hawkins, 1924, Heterosalenia occidentalis Hawkins, 1923, and a comment on Trochalosoma chondra ((Arnold & Clark, 1927). Mesozoic Research 2, 205-217. Hawkins, H. L. 1923. Some Cretaceous Echinoidea from Jamaica. Geological Magazine, 60, 199-216.