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Astropecten piveteaui

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Astropecten piveteaui was named by Mercier (1935). Its type specimen is Destroyed. Originally at Le Havre and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Astropecten piveteaui Mercier p. 42 figs. pl. 2 fig. 11
1955Astropecten piveteaui Hess p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusAstropecten
speciespiveteaui

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.

†Astropecten piveteaui Mercier 1935
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Diagnosis
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