Enallhelia occidentalis Wells 1944 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1944. Cretaceous, tertiary, and recent corals, a sponge, and an alga from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 18(5):429-447

Belongs to Enallhelia according to J. W. Wells 1944

Sister taxa: Enallhelia anomalos, Enallhelia compressa, Enallhelia differencia, Enallhelia elegans, Enallhelia expansa, Enallhelia gracilis, Enallhelia gracilis, Enallhelia multiradiata, Enallhelia nipponica, Enallhelia rathieri, Enallhelia somaensis, Enallhelia striata, Enallhelia tubulosa, Enallhelia venusta, Enallhelia vrsatecis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Las Cinco Ceibas, which is in an Aptian/Albian perireef or subreef limestone in the Barranquin Formation of Venezuela

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Las Cinco Ceibas

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