Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea ellisiana, Solenastrea ellisiana
Belongs to Tarbellastraea according to C. Chaix and J.-P. Saint Martin 2008
See also Kühn 1926
Sister taxa: Tarbellastraea abditaxis, Tarbellastraea anomala, Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis, Tarbellastraea bragai, Tarbellastraea carryensis, Tarbellastraea chevalieri, Tarbellastraea conoidea, Tarbellastraea distans, Tarbellastraea edwardsi, Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis, Tarbellastraea hamedanii, Tarbellastraea hommorensis, Tarbellastraea mimbastensis, Tarbellastraea ovalis, Tarbellastraea profundata, Tarbellastraea raulini, Tarbellastraea reussiana, Tarbellastraea russoi, Tarbellastraea salentinensis, Tarbellastraea tenera, Tarbellastraea ukrainica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Egypt (4 collections), France (15), Iran (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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