Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1966. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren. V. Die Ophiuren aus dem Argovien (unteres Ober-Oxford) von Guldenthal (Kt. Solothurn) und von Savigna (Dépt. Jura). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 59(2):1025-1063
Belongs to Ophiomusium according to H. Hess 1966
Sister taxa: Ophiomusium biconcavum, Ophiomusium calloviense, Ophiomusium dizluense, Ophiomusium eburneum, Ophiomusium ferrugineum, Ophiomusium fitchii, Ophiomusium gagnebini, Ophiomusium granulosum, Ophiomusium leckenbyi, Ophiomusium longecombense, Ophiomusium lux, Ophiomusium mammillatum, Ophiomusium murravii, Ophiomusium ramsayi, Ophiomusium rugosum, Ophiomusium sentum, Ophiomusium sinemurensis, Ophiomusium sinuatum, Ophiomusium solodurense, Ophiomusium vermiculatum, Ophiomusium weymouthiense
Type specimen: Museum of Basel, Hess collection, B139. Its type locality is North of the road to Fétigny, Savigna, Jura, which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in France.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at North of the road to Fétigny, Savigna, Jura
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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