Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1974. Cenozoic Reef Biofacies. Chicago, Northern Illinois University Press 1-388
Belongs to Antillia according to S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim 1974
See also López-Pérez 2005
Sister taxa: Trachyphyllia bilobata, Trachyphyllia crassa, Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, Trachyphyllia granti, Trachyphyllia sawkinsi, Antillia batequensis, Antillia dentata, Antillia persica, Antillia poculiformis, Antillia cristata, Antillia hadleyi, Antillia turbinata, Antillia clarki, Antillia dominicensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Colonia Jardin, which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal wackestone/sandstone in the La Quinta Formation of Mexico
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Colonia Jardin
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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