Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Inflated test from the gorge of Forada Creek near the village of Villa d Villa, Lentiai, Belluno, Venetian Prealps, NE Italy.
Full reference: L. Giusberti, M. Fantin, and J. Buckeridge. 2005. Ovulaster Protodecimae, n. sp. (Echinoidea, spatangoida) and associated epifauna (Cirripedia, verrucidae) from the Danian of Northeastern Italy. Rivista Italiana d Paleontologia e Stratigraphia 111(3):453-462
Belongs to Ovulaster according to L. Giusberti et al. 2005
Sister taxon: Ovulaster reticulates
Type specimen: MGPD 28877, a test
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ovulaster protodecimae in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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