Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
Alternative combinations: Astraea confluens, Astrea confluens, Clausastrea confluens, Synastrea confluens, Thamnasteria confluens, Thamnastraea confluens
Belongs to Latiphyllia according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003
See also Geyer 1955 and Morycowa 1968
Sister taxa: Latiphyllia acutangularis, Latiphyllia altae, Latiphyllia bajociana, Latiphyllia clausa, Latiphyllia crassa, Latiphyllia curvicalix, Latiphyllia curvilateralis, Latiphyllia dichotoma, Latiphyllia dilatata, Latiphyllia dimorphastreoides, Latiphyllia grandis, Latiphyllia mexicana, Latiphyllia neocomiensis, Latiphyllia obtusangularis, Latiphyllia parallelacostata, Latiphyllia parallelolateralis, Latiphyllia praeramificenta, Latiphyllia recticalix, Latiphyllia rectilateralis, Latiphyllia rhipidoida, Latiphyllia suevica, Latiphyllia thurmanni, Latiphyllia trilateralis, Latiphyllia truncata, Diplocteniopsis (Ondadiplocteniopsis), Diplocteniopsis (Diplocteniopsis)
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (5), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (4), Iran (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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