Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1960. Sur le genre Clausastrea [About the genus Clausastrea]. Annales de Paleontologie 46:1-46
Belongs to Clausastrea according to J. Alloiteau 1960
Sister taxa: Clausastraea costata, Clausastraea dubia, Clausastraea limitata, Clausastraea parva, Clausastrea alloiteaui, Clausastrea alnisensis, Clausastrea arnaudi, Clausastrea bellomontensis, Clausastrea bohemoslovaka, Clausastrea calloviensis, Clausastrea costata, Clausastrea daschkessanica, Clausastrea dichotoma, Clausastrea dubia, Clausastrea edwardsi, Clausastrea eliasovae, Clausastrea julistephanovi, Clausastrea korthensis, Clausastrea lamellostriata, Clausastrea magna, Clausastrea neuvicensis, Clausastrea plana, Clausastrea pseudoconfluens, Clausastrea querolensis, Clausastrea radisensis, Clausastrea saltensis, Clausastrea superficialis, Clausastrea tesselata, Clausastrea tessellata, Clausastrea topalensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Djebel Cheid, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Tunisia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greece (3 collections), Serbia (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (2), Tunisia (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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