Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Alternative combinations: Amphiastraea piriformis, Connectastrea piriformis
Belongs to Amphiastraea according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2005
See also Beauvais 1966, Kiessling 2008 and Pandey and Fürsich 2003
Sister taxa: Amphiastrea aethiopica, Amphiastrea basaltiformis, Amphiastrea cylindrica, Amphiastrea fallax, Amphiastrea gibberosa, Amphiastrea gracilis, Amphiastrea kamoensis, Amphiastrea monosepta, Amphiastrea paronai, Amphiastrea yabei, Connectastrea grandiflora
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (3 collections), India (7), Iran (5), Portugal (10), Slovenia (1), Somalia (3), Spain (2), Tunisia (8)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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