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Saleniidae
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Saleniidae

Saleniidae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Salenioida. It was first identified by Louis Agassiz in 1838.

It can be distinguished from other families of the order Salenioida by its primary tubercles, which are imperforate and typically crenulated.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195791.