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 H. Hess 1955
See also 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 moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus
Type specimen: Destroyed. Originally at Le Havre.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astropecten piveteaui in the database
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