Full reference: E. Haeckel. 1896. Systematische Phylogenie der Echinodermen. Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Organismen auf Grund ihrer Stammesgeschichte. Theil 2. Wirbellose Thiere 348-504
Parent taxon: Scutellina according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
Sister taxa: Laganiformes, Proescutella, Samlandaster, Scutellinidae, Scutulum
Subtaxa: Abertellidae Astriclypeidae Dendrasteridae Echinarachniidae Eoscutellidae Mellitidae Monophorasteridae Placatenellidae Protoscutellidae Rotulidae Scutasteridae Scutellidae Taiwanasteridae
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Mexico (14), United States (71: Alaska, California, Florida, Oregon, South Carolina)
• Blancan of United States (4: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Mexico (1), United States (3: California, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (3), Mexico (16), Taiwan (1), United States (63: Alaska, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (2), the Netherlands Antilles (1), United States (8: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (11), Austria (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (3), Chile (2), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (4), Egypt (4), France (2), Italy (2), Japan (1), Libya (1), Mexico (6), Panama (3), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), Taiwan (4), United States (97: Alaska, California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon)
• Neogene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Japan (1), Malta (5), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Iran (1), Japan (5), Jordan (1), Libya (2), Mexico (1), Taiwan (1), United States (5: California, Oregon)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), Japan (1), United States (123: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Taiwan (1)
• Cenozoic of United States (1: Alaska)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California, Colorado)
Total: 497 collections including 596 occurrences