Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combination: Asterias bispinosa
Full reference: A. W. Otto. 1823. Beschreibung einiger neuen Mollusken und Zoophyten. Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae naturae curiosorum 11:273-314
Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also de Gregorio 1895, del Prato 1896, Otto 1823, Sacco 1893 and von Linstow 1909
Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten aranciaca, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, 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, Astropecten verrucosus
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, collina della Zizzola, Piemonte (Pliocene of Italy)
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