†Kobya shiriyaensis Murata 1962 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Full reference: M. Murata. 1962. The Upper Jurassic of Cape Shiriya, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Serie 2, Special Volume 5:119-126
Belongs to Kobya according to M. Murata 1962
Sister taxa: Kobya crassolamellosa, Kobya monteneronensis, Kobya ragaensis, Kobya rigausensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Shiriya, which is in an Oxfordian/Tithonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tatemachi-jima Formation of Japan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cape Shiriya
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