†Wellsotrochus discus Squires 1962 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Full reference: D. F. Squires. 1962. Additional Cretaceous and Tertiary corals from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Geology 1(9):133-150
Belongs to Wellsotrochus according to D. F. Squires 1962
Sister taxon: Wellsotrochus cyathiformis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nedler's Point, Whangaroa, which is in a Haumurian coastal siliciclastic in New Zealand
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Nedler's Point, Whangaroa
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