Macgeopsis turbinata Alloiteau 1958 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae

Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218

Belongs to Macgeopsis according to J. Alloiteau 1958

Sister taxa: Macgeopsis complanata, Macgeopsis grandidieri, Macgeopsis sonorensis, Macgeopsis subcylindrata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Soaravikely, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in Madagascar

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Soaravikely

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