Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Alternative combinations: Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi, Plesiastrea desmoulinsi
Belongs to Solenastrea according to F. Schuster 2002
See also Chaix and Saint Martin 2008
Sister taxa: Solenastraea turonensis, Solenastrea anomala, Solenastrea bournoni, Solenastrea densa, Solenastrea fairbanksi, Solenastrea hyades, Solenastrea pleiades, Solenastrea romettensis, Solenastrea schafferi, Solenastrea semarangensis, Solenastrea tizeroutinensis, Solenastrea uananensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), France (5), Iran (1), Italy (3), Poland (1), Portugal (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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