Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Pentremitidae

First described by Owen and Shumard 1850 who called it Pentremites stelliformis

Full reference: D.D. Owen and B.F. Shumard. 1850. Descriptions of fifteen new species of Crinoidea from the Subcarboniferous limestone of Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota in the years 1848-1849. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, ser. 2 2:57-70

Belongs to Pentremites according to D.D. Owen and B.F. Shumard 1850

See also Macurda 1983

Sister taxa: Pentremites aridus, Pentremites clavatus, Pentremites conoideus, Pentremites cristalensis, Pentremites elongatus, Pentremites godoni, Pentremites kirki, Pentremites pentremites, Pentremites pulchellus, Pentremites rusticus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pentremites stelliformis in the database

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