Mastaster villersensis Mercier 1935 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combinations: Calliderma (Mastaster) villersensis, Phocidaster villersensis

Full reference: J. Mercier. 1935. Les stelléridés mésozoïques du bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 1(2):6-64

Belongs to Mastaster according to G. Breton 1992

See also Breton 1978, Mercier 1935, Mercier 1936, Smith et al. 1988, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Wright and Wright 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, Neotype MHNH 2247 A

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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