Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: A. Azzaroli. 1958. L'Oligocene e il Miocene della Somalia. Stratigrafia, Tettonica, Paleontologia (Macroforaminferi, Coralli, Molluschi). Palaeontolographia Italica 52:1-142
Belongs to Hydnophora according to A. Azzaroli 1958
Sister taxa: Hydnophora ackermanni, Hydnophora affinis, Hydnophora astraeoides, Hydnophora cristatoseriata, Hydnophora exesa, Hydnophora ferryi, Hydnophora grandis, Hydnophora microconos, Hydnophora oppenheimi, Hydnophora pilosa, Hydnophora provincialis, Hydnophora pulchra, Hydnophora rudis, Hydnophora styriaca, Hydnophora tenella, Hydnophora variabilis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Loc97 - Dubar Fm, which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone in the Dubar Formation of Somalia.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Loc. 97 - Dubar Fm
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