†Pentetagonaster fleuriausa d'Orbigny 1850 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 2:1-428
Belongs to Pentetagonaster according to J. Cottreau 1935
See also Beltrémieux 1866, Breton 1992, d'Orbigny 1850 and Fritel 1902
Sister taxon: Pentetagonaster malbosii
Type specimen: Syntypes MNHN B11496
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pentetagonaster fleuriausa in the database
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