†Moltkia advena Squires 1958 (gorgonian)
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Full reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107
Belongs to Moltkia according to D. F. Squires 1958
Sister taxa: Moltkia foveolata, Moltkia minuta
Type specimen: Its type locality is S136 Kakanui, Kakanui Limestone, which is in a Whaingaroan marine limestone in the Kakanui Limestone Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at S136 Kakanui, Kakanui Limestone
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