Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea reussiana, Heliastrea reussiana, Orbicella reussiana
Synonyms: Astrea prevostiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Tarbellastraea prevostiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Belongs to Tarbellastraea according to C. Chaix and J.-P. Saint Martin 2008
See also Chevalier 1961 and Schuster 2002
Sister taxa: Tarbellastraea abditaxis, Tarbellastraea anomala, Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis, Tarbellastraea bragai, Tarbellastraea carryensis, Tarbellastraea chevalieri, Tarbellastraea conoidea, Tarbellastraea distans, Tarbellastraea edwardsi, Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis, Tarbellastraea ellisiana, Tarbellastraea hamedanii, Tarbellastraea hommorensis, Tarbellastraea mimbastensis, Tarbellastraea ovalis, Tarbellastraea profundata, Tarbellastraea raulini, Tarbellastraea russoi, Tarbellastraea salentinensis, Tarbellastraea tenera, Tarbellastraea ukrainica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (5 collections), Austria (13), Bulgaria (1), Cyprus (1), Egypt (2), France (14), Greece (5), Hungary (1), Iran (3), Italy (6), Libya (2), Malta (1), Moldova (4), Morocco (7), Poland (4), Portugal (2), Romania (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Slovakia (2), Somalia (2), Spain (9), Sudan (1), Turkey (3), Ukraine (2)
Total: 94 collections including 97 occurrences
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