Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1941. Cretaceous and Eocene corals from northwestern Peru. Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(26):1-26
Belongs to Trochoseris according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005
See also Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Trochoseris aperta, Trochoseris berica, Trochoseris dachiardii, Trochoseris florescens, Trochoseris helianthoides, Trochoseris lobata, Trochoseris persica, Trochoseris semiplana, Trochoseris shattucki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Negritos, Basal Restin, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Restin Formation of Peru
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Negritos, Basal Restin
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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