Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Full reference: L. Beauvais and P. Bernier. 1981. Nouvelles especes de madreporaires dans le Kimmeridgien Superieur du Jura (France) [New Upper Kimmeridgian scleractinian corals from the French Jura]. Geobios 14(2):173-189
Belongs to Columnocoenia according to L. Beauvais and P. Bernier 1981
Sister taxa: Columnocoenia ablensis, Columnocoenia aokii, Columnocoenia aragonensis, Columnocoenia arnaudi, Columnocoenia bucovinensis, Columnocoenia falkenbergensis, Columnocoenia gemmans, Columnocoenia grandiflora, Columnocoenia katzi, Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi, Columnocoenia lamberti, Columnocoenia lifolensis, Columnocoenia minima, Columnocoenia nipponica, Columnocoenia safarratensis, Columnocoenia sulcata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sur l'Auger, Champfromier, Ain, Rhone-Alpes, which is in a Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Calcaires construits de Molinges Formation of France
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Sur l'Auger, Champfromier, Ain, Rhone-Alpes
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