Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: C. Heller. 1858. Über neue fossile Stelleriden. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe 28(2):155-170
Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also Heller 1858, Toula 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 montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis
Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astropecten verrucosus in the database
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