Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiolepididae

Full reference: H. Hess. 1970. Ein neuer Schlangenstern (Aplocoma mutata n.sp.) aus dem Hettangien von Ceilhes (Herault) und Bemerkungen über "Ophioderma" squamosa aus dem Muschelkalk. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 63(3):1059-1067

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

See also Hess 1970 and Hess 1985

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hettangian, Ceilhes, Herault, France, which is in a Hettangian sand shoal grainstone in France

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Hettangian, Ceilhes, Herault, France

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