Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Alternative combination: Ophiolepis leckenbyi
Full reference: T. Wright. 1880. Monograph of the British fossil Echinodermata from the oolithic formations. Volume 2 - The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Part 3. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 1880:155-203
Belongs to Ophiomusium according to H. Hess 1964
See also Boehm 1889 and Wright 1880
Sister taxa: Ophiomusium biconcavum, Ophiomusium calloviense, Ophiomusium dizluense, Ophiomusium eburneum, Ophiomusium ferrugineum, Ophiomusium fitchii, Ophiomusium gagnebini, Ophiomusium granulosum, Ophiomusium longecombense, Ophiomusium lux, Ophiomusium mammillatum, Ophiomusium murravii, Ophiomusium praecisum, Ophiomusium ramsayi, Ophiomusium rugosum, Ophiomusium sentum, Ophiomusium sinemurensis, Ophiomusium sinuatum, Ophiomusium solodurense, Ophiomusium vermiculatum, Ophiomusium weymouthiense
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Bajocian, Scarborough, Yorkshire, UK (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)
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