Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combination: Crenaster montalionis
Full reference: G. Meneghini. 1852. Nuovi fossili Toscani illustrati. Estratto dagli Annali dell'Universita Toscana 3:1-40
Belongs to Astropecten according to L. Jaselli and C. Collareta 2018
See also Hess 1955, Meneghini 1852, Meneghini 1862, Meneghini 1886, Sacco 1893 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 linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, 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 montalionis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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