Cycloseris lamellata Kühn 1933 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Full reference: O. Kühn. 1933. Das Becken von Isfahan-Saidabad und seine altmiocäne Korallenfauna [The Isfahan-Saidabad Basin and its Miocene coral fauna]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 79:143-221

Belongs to Cycloseris according to O. Kühn 1933

Sister taxa: Cycloseris brazzanensis, Cycloseris costulata, Cycloseris cyclolites, Cycloseris discoidea, Cycloseris distorta, Cycloseris erosa, Cycloseris escosurae, Cycloseris fragilis, Cycloseris hungaricus, Cycloseris marginata, Cycloseris minuta, Cycloseris patelliformis, Cycloseris perezi, Cycloseris sinensis, Cycloseris somervillei, Cycloseris striata, Cycloseris vaughani, Cyclastraea meltensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Neyriz, which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal limestone in Iran

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Neyriz

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