Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Invalid subtaxa: Aspidura Agassiz 1836 [replaced name], Asterites Blumenbach 1803 [replaced name]
Full reference: D. P. Bolette. 1998. Aspiduriella nom. n. for the genus Aspidura Agassiz 1835 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiuridae): preoccupied by Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Journal of Paleontology 72(2):401-402
Parent taxon: Ophiurinae according to A. Radwanski 2002
See also Agassiz 1835, Bolette 1998, Calzada and Gutiérrez 1988, Clark and Twitchell 1915, Pohlig 1878, Salamon and Boczarowski 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Cholaster, Ophiotitanos, Praeaplocoma
Subtaxa: Aspidura (Amphiglypha) Aspidura (Hemiglypha) Aspidura idahoensis Aspiduriella camuna Aspiduriella dorae Aspiduriella italica Aspiduriella ludeni Aspiduriella montserratensis Aspiduriella scutellata Aspiduriella similis Aspiduriella streichani
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), Germany (5), Italy (4), Poland (7), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Idaho), Vietnam (1)
Total: 22 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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