†Tortoflabellum elatum Zuffardi-Comerci 1932 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Alternative combination: Rhipidogyra elata
Belongs to Tortoflabellum according to J. P. Chevalier 1961
Sister taxa: Tortoflabellum compressum, Tortoflabellum diacantoniae, Tortoflabellum flemingi, Tortoflabellum marwicki, Plesiodiplocteniopsis acutangularis, Plesiodiplocteniopsis obtusangularis, Plesiodiplocteniopsis praeramificenta, Plesiodiplocteniopsis dichotoma, Diplocteniopsis curvicalix, Diplocteniopsis (Ondadiplocteniopsis), Diplocteniopsis (Diplocteniopsis)
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Torino Hill, Piedmont (Miocene of Italy)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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