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Ovulaster auberti Gauthier, 1892, p. 42

Diagnostic Features	Has a well developed subanal fasciole crossing plates 5.a.3 and 5.b.2 close to their suture, and plates 5.a.5 and 5.b.5. This subanal fasciole encloses three enlarged pore-pairs on each side. There is no peripetalous fasciole.
Distribution	Upper Senonian, Upper Cretcaeous, Tunisia.
Type	Holotype: University of Lyon Palaeontological Collections EM 12144.
Classification and/or Status	A species of Ovulaster
Remarks	Gauthier, V. 1892. Echinides fossile de la Tunisie.