Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Synonym: Astrohelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Oculinidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002, Vaughan 1904 and Wells 1954
Sister taxa: Bantamia, Bathelia, Ennallohelia, Galaxeinae, Madrepora, Oculina, Oculininae, Palaeohelia, Schizoculina, Sclerhelia
Subtaxa: Astrhelia burnsi Astrhelia neglecta
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Miocene of France (2), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Egypt (2), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 10 collections including 16 occurrences
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