Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum, Lithodendron pseudoflabellum
Synonym: Calamophyllia fasciculata Reuss 1864
Belongs to Caulastrea according to Pfister 1980
See also Bosellini 1988 and Reuss 1868
Sister taxa: Caulastraea geoffreyi, Caulastraea tournoueri, Caulastrea brevicaulis, Caulastrea connata, Caulastrea deformis, Caulastrea farsis, Caulastrea furcata, Caulastrea fusinieri, Caulastrea leptoclada, Caulastrea matheroni, Caulastrea portoricensis, Caulastrea tumida
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Greece (1 collection), Italy (7)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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