Ophiuricoma mazenoti Valette 1929 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida

Alternative combination: Ophiuriocoma mazenoti

Full reference: A. Valette. 1929. Note sur quelques stellerides jurassiques du laboratoire de géologie de la faculté des sciences de Lyon. Travaux du Laboratoire de Géologique de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 16(13):1-62

Belongs to Ophiuricoma according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Valette 1929

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype FSL 27443. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Aalenian, La Chapelle-sous-Brancion, Saône-et-Loire, France, which is in an Aalenian offshore ramp limestone in France.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Aalenian, La Chapelle-sous-Brancion, Saône-et-Loire, France

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