Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Alternative combination: Astrea taurinensis
Belongs to Stylocoenia according to Reuss 1864
Sister taxa: Stylocoenia aurelii, Stylocoenia carryensis, Stylocoenia duerdeni, Stylocoenia epithecata, Stylocoenia maxima, Stylocoenia microphthalma, Stylocoenia montium, Stylocoenia neutra, Stylocoenia polytropostyla, Stylocoenia pumpellyi, Stylocoenia ranikoti, Stylocoenia reussi, Stylocoenia sanctaorosiae, Stylocoenia saxulensis, Stylocoenia vicaryi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Iran (1 collection), Italy (6), Somalia (2), Spain (2)
• Eocene of Croatia (1), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Pakistan (1), Spain (2)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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