Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562
Belongs to Caulastrea according to J. P. Chevalier 1961
Sister taxa: Caulastraea geoffreyi, Caulastraea tournoueri, Caulastrea brevicaulis, Caulastrea connata, Caulastrea deformis, Caulastrea farsis, Caulastrea furcata, Caulastrea fusinieri, Caulastrea leptoclada, Caulastrea portoricensis, Caulastrea pseudoflabellum, Caulastrea tumida
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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