Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Full reference: J. Mercier. 1935. Les stelléridés mésozoïques du bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 1(2):6-64

Belongs to Astropecten according to J. Mercier 1935

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 linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, Astropecten montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus

Type specimen: Destroyed. Originally at Le Havre.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

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

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