Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Synonym: Flabellum distinctum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Belongs to Flabellum according to Lesson 1831
See also Kiessling 2014, Martin 1879 and Yabe and Eguchi 1942
Sister taxa: Flabellum acutum, Flabellum alloiteaui, Flabellum anderssoni, Flabellum apertum, Flabellum appendiculatum, Flabellum asperum, Flabellum austriacum, Flabellum avicula, Flabellum basteroti, Flabellum californicum, Flabellum carenatum, Flabellum chevalieri, Flabellum chipolanum, Flabellum chouberti, Flabellum circulum, Flabellum clarki, Flabellum clavaeformis, Flabellum conoideum, Flabellum cristatum, Flabellum cuneifome, Flabellum cuneiforme, Flabellum curtum, Flabellum deludens, Flabellum dubium, Flabellum elongatum, Flabellum extensum, Flabellum fastigatum, Flabellum foecundum, Flabellum fresnoense, Flabellum gippslandicum, Flabellum grangense, Flabellum hemmoorense, Flabellum hertleini, Flabellum insulindae, Flabellum intermedium, Flabellum irregulare, Flabellum johnsoni, Flabellum krejcii, Flabellum laevissimum, Flabellum lerchi, Flabellum lobatum, Flabellum medioplicatum, Flabellum microscriptum, Flabellum miriaensis, Flabellum mortoni, Flabellum multifore, Flabellum oregonense, Flabellum peolae, Flabellum planus, Flabellum pompeckji, Flabellum poseidonis, Flabellum rariseptatum, Flabellum rhomboideum, Flabellum roissyanum, Flabellum sandiegoense, Flabellum senesi, Flabellum siciliense, Flabellum sinense, Flabellum stantoni, Flabellum striatum, Flabellum thouarsii, Flabellum transversale, Flabellum tuberculatum, Flabellum variabile, Flabellum vaticani, Flabellum vindobonense, Flabellum wailesii, Flabellum zejszneri, Flabellum zuffardii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (2 collections), Japan (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Grenada (3), Indonesia (2), Japan (2), New Zealand (6), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1), New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), New Zealand (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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