Aquitanastraea tenuitabulata Chevalier 1961 (stony coral)

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 Aquitanastraea according to J. P. Chevalier 1961

Sister taxa: Aquitanastraea incrustans, Aquitanastraea pachyformis, Aquitanastraea piveteaui, Aquitanastraea pruvosti

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Torino Hill, Piedmont (Miocene of Italy)

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