Kobya ragaensis Eguchi 1951 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Full reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96

Belongs to Kobya according to M. Eguchi 1951

Sister taxa: Kobya crassolamellosa, Kobya monteneronensis, Kobya rigausensis, Kobya shiriyaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Raga and northern Hiraiga, Tanohata-mura, which is in an Aptian/Albian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Hiraiga Sandstone Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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