Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1972. Contribution a l'etude de la faune bathonienne dans la vallee de la Creuse (Indre): madreporaires [The Bathonian fauna in the Creuse Valley (Indre): corals]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 58(1):33-97
Belongs to Mesomorpha according to L. Beauvais 1972
Sister taxa: Mesomorpha andrusovi, Mesomorpha bussoni, Mesomorpha chaetetoides, Mesomorpha dubia, Mesomorpha duncani, Mesomorpha excavata, Mesomorpha magna, Mesomorpha mammillata, Mesomorpha minima, Mesomorpha newpassensis, Mesomorpha pseudomammosa, Mesomorpha punctata, Mesomorpha pyanovskae, Mesomorpha simionescui, Mesomorpha urgonensis, Mesomorpha vaughani, Ahrdorffia ornata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Saint-Gaultier, Creuse Valley, which is in a Bathonian perireef or subreef limestone in France
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Saint-Gaultier, Creuse Valley
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