Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Heliastrea conoidea, Orbicella conoidea, Plesiastrea conoidea
Belongs to Tarbellastraea according to J. P. Chevalier 1961
See also Kühn 1926 and Rus and Popa 2008
Sister taxa: Tarbellastraea abditaxis, Tarbellastraea anomala, Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis, Tarbellastraea bragai, Tarbellastraea carryensis, Tarbellastraea chevalieri, Tarbellastraea distans, Tarbellastraea edwardsi, Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis, Tarbellastraea ellisiana, Tarbellastraea hamedanii, Tarbellastraea hommorensis, Tarbellastraea mimbastensis, Tarbellastraea ovalis, Tarbellastraea profundata, Tarbellastraea raulini, Tarbellastraea reussiana, Tarbellastraea russoi, Tarbellastraea salentinensis, Tarbellastraea tenera, Tarbellastraea ukrainica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1 collection), Italy (1), Libya (1), Morocco (2), Romania (2), Türkiye (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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