Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: A. del Prato. 1896. Asteroidei terziari del Parmense e del Reggiano. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia 2:42-50
Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also del Prato 1896, Valette 1929 and von Linstow 1909
Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten aranciaca, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, Astropecten bispinosus, Astropecten bononiensis, Astropecten castellanensis, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten crenulatus, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten forbesi, Astropecten foveolatus, Astropecten granulatus, Astropecten helveticus, Astropecten irregularis, 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 linati in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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