Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Full reference: Y. I. Kuzmicheva. 1982. Korally verkhnego Apta (Klanseya) tsentralnykh Kyzylkumov [Upper Aptian (Clansayesian) corals from central Kyzylkum]. Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody Otdel Geologicheskiy 57(2):98-111
Belongs to Trochosmilia according to Y. I. Kuzmicheva 1982
Sister taxa: Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia), Trochosmilia acutimargo, Trochosmilia arguta, Trochosmilia beyrichi, Trochosmilia camura, Trochosmilia corniculum, Trochosmilia cristata, Trochosmilia delicatissima, Trochosmilia faujasi, Trochosmilia lorioli, Trochosmilia minuta, Trochosmilia moorei, Trochosmilia multisinuosa, Trochosmilia oldhami, Trochosmilia orientalis, Trochosmilia osensis, Trochosmilia persica, Trochosmilia stainbrooki, Trochosmilia transitoria
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kul'dzhuktau Mountains, Kyzylkum, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Uzbekistan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kul'dzhuktau Mountains, Kyzylkum
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