Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Full reference: E. I. Kuzmicheva. 1987. Verkhnemelovyye i paleogenovyye korally SSSR [Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene corals from the USSR] 1-187
Belongs to Colpophyllia according to E. I. Kuzmicheva 1987
Sister taxa: Colpophyllia amaranthus, Colpophyllia applanata, Colpophyllia duncani, Colpophyllia elegans, Colpophyllia inaequalis, Colpophyllia iranica, Colpophyllia malayica, Colpophyllia meandrinoides, Colpophyllia mexicanum, Colpophyllia multisepta, Colpophyllia natans, Colpophyllia nicholasi, Colpophyllia reagani, Colpophyllia willoughbiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dnipropetrovsk, Mandrikovka Formation, which is in a Priabonian perireef or subreef limestone in the Mandrikovka Formation of Ukraine
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Dnipropetrovsk, Mandrikovka Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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