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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of diadematoid regular sea-urchins of the family Saleniidæ, which have tuberculate, spheroidal tests with large apical plates and the dorsocentral plate united to the large basals. The species are found in Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous formations.

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