†suborder Asternata (sea urchin)
Parent taxon: Atelostomata according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915
Sister taxa: Acrolusiidae, Aulacopygus, Collyritidae, Disasteridae, Holasteroida, Notidisaster, Orbigniana, Pycnasterides, Spatangoida, Sternata, Tithoniidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asternata in the database