Conicosmilotrochus dentatus Turnsek 1978 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Parasmiliidae

Full reference: D. Turnsek. 1978. Solitarne Senonijske korale iz Stranic in z Medvednice [Solitary Senonian corals from Stranice and Mt. Medvednica]. Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede 21(3):66-125

Belongs to Conicosmilotrochus according to D. Turnsek 1978

Sister taxa: Conicosmilotrochus caucasicus, Conicosmilotrochus stranicensis, Conicosmilotrochus strictus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Stranice, quarry near the church, which is in a Santonian/Campanian deep subtidal marl in Slovenia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Stranice, quarry near the church

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