Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Alternative combination: Ophiopeza buhleri

Full reference: H. Hess. 1970. Schlangensterne und Seesterne aus dem oberen Hauterivien "Pierre jaune" von St-Blaise bei Neuchatel. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 63(3):1069-1091

Belongs to Aplocoma according to H. Hess and C. A. Meyer 2008

See also Hess 1970

Sister taxa: Aplocoma aalensis, Aplocoma agassizi, Aplocoma brevispina, Aplocoma granulata, Aplocoma lariensis, Aplocoma mutata, Aplocoma torrii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pierre-Jaune, Hauterivian, St. Blaise, which is in a Hauterivian shallow subtidal grainstone/marl in the Pierre jaune Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pierre-Jaune, Hauterivian, St. Blaise

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