†Calliasterella mirus Trautschold 1879 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Ambuloasteroidea - Calliasterellidae
Alternative combinations: Calliaster mirus, Calliasterella mira
Full reference: H. Trautschold. 1879. Die Kalkbruche von Mjatschkowa, Part 3. Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 14:101-180
Belongs to Calliasterella according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Gale 2011, Owen 1965, Schöndorf 1909, Schuchert 1914, Schuchert 1915 and Trautschold 1879
Sister taxon: Calliasterella americana
Type specimen: Lectotype unnumbered, PIN, Moskow
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calliasterella mirus in the database
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