Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
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 Ovalastraea according to Y. I. Kuzmicheva 1982
Sister taxa: Ovalastraea cesaredensis, Ovalastrea bihinensis, Ovalastrea caryophylloides, Ovalastrea collignoni, Ovalastrea crassa, Ovalastrea cretacea, Ovalastrea dubia, Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis, Ovalastrea lobata, Ovalastrea michelini, Ovalastrea pecosensis, Ovalastrea plicata, Ovalastrea polygonalis, Ovalastrea proeminens, Ovalastrea pseudolorioli, Ovalastrea recki, Ovalastrea regularis, Ovalastrea tenuistriata, Ovalastrea urgonica
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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