Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Full reference: L. Beauvais and P. Negus. 1975. The Fairford coral beds. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 86:183-204
Belongs to Microsolena according to L. Beauvais and P. Negus 1975
Sister taxa: Microsolena agariciformis, Microsolena amorpha, Microsolena arishensis, Microsolena besairiei, Microsolena bruntrutana, Microsolena caesaris, Microsolena catenata, Microsolena cavernosa, Microsolena concinna, Microsolena conica, Microsolena corallina, Microsolena corticata, Microsolena culcitaeformis, Microsolena delicatula, Microsolena edwardsi, Microsolena excavata, Microsolena exigua, Microsolena expansa, Microsolena fascicularis, Microsolena foliosa, Microsolena formosa, Microsolena fromenteli, Microsolena gibbosa, Microsolena grandiflora, Microsolena gresslyi, Microsolena guttata, Microsolena haimei, Microsolena hassimguitaensis, Microsolena incrustata, Microsolena interjecta, Microsolena japonica, Microsolena julii, Microsolena kobyi, Microsolena kugleri, Microsolena loginovae, Microsolena major, Microsolena mosensis, Microsolena multisepta, Microsolena parva, Microsolena pavonia, Microsolena piriformis, Microsolena plana, Microsolena porosa, Microsolena portlandica, Microsolena pulvinata, Microsolena ramosa, Microsolena regularis, Microsolena rotata, Microsolena sadeki, Microsolena sinuata, Microsolena stellata, Microsolena studeri, Microsolena subexcavata, Microsolena subramosa, Microsolena subturbinata, Microsolena tenuiradiata, Microsolena tenuistriata, Microsolena texana, Microsolena thurmanni, Microsolena tuberosa, Microsolena verdati, Microsolena yabei, Microsolena zangbeiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fairford Coral Bed, Gloucestershire, UK, which is in a Bathonian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the White Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Fairford Coral Bed, Gloucestershire, UK
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