Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524
Belongs to Leptoria according to T. W. Vaughan 1919
Sister taxa: Leptoria angigyra, Leptoria bithecata, Leptoria cantharelloides, Leptoria cristata, Leptoria hayae, Leptoria italica, Leptoria laxa, Leptoria netchensis, Leptoria patellaris, Leptoria pauca, Leptoria paucisepta, Leptoria pennata, Leptoria phrygia, Leptoria reticulata, Leptoria selenkae, Leptoria traba
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Canapu, station 3473, which is in an Oligocene shallow subtidal limestone in Cuba
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Cuba (1 collection), Jamaica (2), Venezuela (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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