Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Orbicella eggenburgensis
Belongs to Tarbellastraea according to J. P. Chevalier 1961
See also Kühn 1933
Sister taxa: Tarbellastraea abditaxis, Tarbellastraea anomala, Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis, Tarbellastraea bragai, Tarbellastraea carryensis, Tarbellastraea chevalieri, Tarbellastraea conoidea, Tarbellastraea distans, Tarbellastraea edwardsi, Tarbellastraea ellisiana, Tarbellastraea hamedanii, Tarbellastraea hommorensis, Tarbellastraea mimbastensis, Tarbellastraea ovalis, Tarbellastraea profundata, Tarbellastraea raulini, Tarbellastraea reussiana, Tarbellastraea russoi, Tarbellastraea salentinensis, Tarbellastraea tenera, Tarbellastraea ukrainica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), France (3), Greece (2), Iran (1), Italy (1), Libya (2), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of Libya (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
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