Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: F. Cavara. 1886. La sabbie marnose plioceniche di Mongardino e i loro fossili. Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana 5:265-275
Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also Cavara 1886, del Prato 1896 and von Linstow 1909
Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten aranciaca, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, Astropecten bispinosus, Astropecten castellanensis, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten crenulatus, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten forbesi, Astropecten foveolatus, Astropecten granulatus, Astropecten helveticus, Astropecten irregularis, Astropecten linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, Astropecten montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astropecten bononiensis in the database
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