Synastrea subconica Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Synastraeidae

Full reference: M. Beauvais and A. M'Rabet. 1977. Les Madreporaires du Berriasien superieur du Djebel Siouf (Axe Nord-Sud, Tunisie Centrale). Notes du Service Géologique de Tunisie (43)103-137

Belongs to Synastrea according to M. Beauvais and A. M'Rabet 1977

Sister taxa: Synastrea agaricites, Synastrea bellula, Synastrea delemontana, Synastrea dubia, Synastrea foliacea, Synastrea garumnica, Synastrea geometrica, Synastrea microsolenoides, Synastrea parallela, Synastrea procera, Synastrea subagaricites

Type specimen: Its type locality is Corals of Djebel Siouf, which is in a Berriasian marine marl in the Sidi Kralif Formation of Tunisia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Corals of Djebel Siouf

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