Asteriaceros stelliferus Goldfuss 1833

Asteroidea - Valvatida

Alternative combinations: Asteriaceros stelliferum, Asterias stellifera, Lithaster stelliferus, Sphaeraster stelliferus, Sphaerites stelliferus

Synonyms: Asterias pustulata Quenstedt 1858, Sphaerites pustulatus Quenstedt 1858

Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1833. Divisio secunda. Radiariorum reliquiae. Petrefacta Germaniae et ea, quae in Museuo Universitatis Regiae, Borussicae Frederischiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur et alia quacungue in Museis Hueninghausiano, Muensteriano aliisque exstant, iconibus et descriptionnibus illustrata 1(2):115-252

Belongs to Asteriaceros according to H. Hess 1991

See also Blake 1984, Fraas 1886, Fraas 1910, Goldfuss 1833, Hess 1977, Quenstedt 1852, Quenstedt 1858, Quenstedt 1876, Schöndorf 1906, Valette 1932 and Villier 2010

Sister taxa: Asteriaceros cristatus, Asteriaceros papulosus

Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Pierre blanche de Langrune, Luc-sur-Mer, Calvados (Jurassic of France)

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