†Laterophyllia turriformis Kühn 1933 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
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 Laterophyllia according to O. Kühn 1933
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kahn-i-Shahr, 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 Kahn-i-Shahr
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