Floriastrea planinensis Turnsek 1981 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Alternative combination: Floria planinensis

Belongs to Floriastrea according to H. Löser et al. 2009

See also Baron-Szabo 2002

Sister taxa: Floriastrea iberica, Floriastrea sexradiata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Skuvija, Stara Planina Mts., which is in a Barremian/Aptian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in Serbia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), China (1), Serbia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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