The Echinoid Directory

Rovasendia Airaghi, 1901, p. 213

Diagnostic Features	Test very small (13 mm); very elongate with rounded anterior and flat base. Apical disc closer to anterior than centre; structure unknown. Anterior ambulacrum apparently with simple plating. Paired ambulacra petaloid; petals flush and narrow; closed distally. Posterior petals longer than anterior petals. Periproct posterior. Peristome anterior. Oral plating unknown. No fascioles?
Distribution	Eocene (Bartonian), Italy.
Name gender	feminine
Type	Rovasendia canavarii Airaghi 1901, p. 214, by original designation.
Species Included	Only the type species
Classification and/or Status	Spatangoida, Incertae Sedis. Monotypic.
Remarks	Very poorly known taxon that is impossible to place on current knowledge. Airaghi, 1901. Echinidi terziari del Piedmonte e della Liguria. Paleontographica Italiana 7, 218 pp