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Valettaster stipes

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae

Taxonomy
Valettaster stipes was named by Villier (2010). Its type specimen is MPUP VILL026 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 1, Serre de Bleyton, which is in a Barremian slope marl/limestone in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. oculatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Valettaster stipes Villier pp. 714-717 figs. Text-fig. 7, pl. 1 figs p-r
2021Valettaster stipes Gale p. 734

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familySphaerasteridae
genusValettaster
speciesstipes

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.

†Valettaster stipes Villier 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Villier 2010A species of Valettaster with primary ossicles characterized by a low,
flattened shape and an irregular, slightly digitate outline. The external surface is a flat and rounded surface without ornament. Lateral faces are marked by shallow grooves and processes for articulation with adjoining ossicles (digitations or bulges) commonly with a central pit.
A.S. Gale 2021Primary abactinal ossicles low, with irregular digitate outline. External surface flat, lacking ornament.