Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Montastraea nancyi
Full reference: J. M. Pandolfi. 2007. A new, extinct Pleistocene reef coral from the Montastraea "annularis" species complex. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):472-482
Belongs to Orbicella according to W. Kiessling 2014
See also Pandolfi 2007
Sister taxa: Orbicella annularis, Orbicella benoisti, Orbicella boehmi, Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella franksi, Orbicella limbata, Orbicella linggapadangensis, Orbicella murrayi, Orbicella pleiades, Orbicella praeheliopora
Type specimen: Its type locality is Clermont Nose, loc. AFO, Durants reef terrace, which is in a Pleistocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Barbados.
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (22 collections), Barbados (34), Colombia (27), the Dominican Republic (3), the Netherlands Antilles (39)
Total: 125 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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