Ophiura tinurtiensis Valette 1929 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Full reference: A. Valette. 1929. Note sur quelques stellerides jurassiques du laboratoire de géologie de la faculté des sciences de Lyon. Travaux du Laboratoire de Géologique de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 16(13):1-62

Belongs to Ophiura according to A. Valette 1929

Sister taxa: Ophiura (Aspidura), Ophiura achatae, Ophiura astonensis, Ophiura bartonensis, Ophiura bognoriensis, Ophiura carpelloides, Ophiura costata, Ophiura cretacea, Ophiura cunliffei, Ophiura davisi, Ophiura furiae, Ophiura graysonensis, Ophiura hendleri, Ophiura kunradeca, Ophiura marylandica, Ophiura olifex, Ophiura ophiura, Ophiura paucilepis, Ophiura sarsii, Ophiura serrata, Ophiura sternbergica, Ophiura straini, Ophiura texana, Ophiura travisana, Ophiura wetherelli, Ophioglypha paronai, Ophioglypha utahensis, Ophioglypha bridgerensis, Ophioglypha pulchra, Ophiura (Ophioglypha) estarensis

Type specimen: Holotype FSL 27443. Its type locality is Ophiuroidea, Aalenian, La Chapelle-sous-Brancion, Saône-et-Loire, France, which is in an Aalenian offshore ramp limestone in France.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ophiuroidea, Aalenian, La Chapelle-sous-Brancion, Saône-et-Loire, France

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