The Echinoid Directory

Contributed by Andrew Smith, December 2006

Amphisalenia Pomel, 1883, p. 35

Name gender feminine
Type Acrosalenia aspera Agassiz, 1838; junior objective synonym of Pseudosalenia Cotteau, 1859.
Classification and/or Status nomen nudum
Remarks Pomel (1883) described Amphisalenia as a monstrosity under the genus  Pseudosalenia without indication of its age or provinance or giving any other distinguishing character.  It is therefore not a valid designation.

Pomel, A. 1883. Classification méthodique et genera des Échinides vivante et fossiles. Thèses présentées a la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles, 503, 131 pp. Aldolphe Jourdan, Alger.