Columactinastraea favulus Etallon and Thurmann 1864 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Alternative combinations: Isastrea favulus, Stephanocoenia favulus

Full reference: A. Etallon and J. Thurmann. 1864. Lethaea bruntrutana ou études paléontologiques et stratigraphiques sur les terrains jurassiques supérieurs du Jura bernois et en particulier des environs de Porrentruy (suite et fin). Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften 20:356-580

Belongs to Columactinastraea according to O. F. Geyer 1955

Sister taxa: Columactinastraea anthonii, Columactinastraea fallax, Columactinastraea formosa, Columactinastraea formosissima, Columactinastraea pygmaea, Columactinastraea rennensis, Columactinastraea torallolensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Czechia (1 collection), Switzerland (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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