Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
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 Antillia according to O. Kühn 1933
Sister taxa: Trachyphyllia bilobata, Trachyphyllia crassa, Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, Trachyphyllia granti, Trachyphyllia sawkinsi, Antillia heueri, Antillia cristata, Antillia turbinata, Antillia clarki, Antillia hadleyi, Antillia dentata, Antillia batequensis, Antillia dominicensis, Antillia persica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mohammabad, which is in a Burdigalian perireef or subreef limestone in the Saidabad Coral Limestone Formation of Iran
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mohammabad
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