Laterophyllia turriformis Kühn 1933 (stony coral)

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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