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Asterias punctulata
Taxonomy
Asterias punctulata was named by Desmoulins (1832). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum of Bordeaux.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1832 | Asterias punctulata Desmoulins pp. 202-203 figs. pl. 2 fig. 7 |
| 1848 | Asterias punctulata Forbes p. 473 |
| 1925 | Asterias punctulata Valette pp. 177-178 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Asterias punctulata Desmoulins 1832
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. Valette 1925 | Marginal large, wide. Profile nearly rectangular rounded at an angle. External face slightly convex. External face covered by fine and dense granular pits. Lateral faces lined by a widened margin. Intermarginal face angular suggesting alternating pattern of the two rows of marginals. |