Conocyathus cyclocostatus Tenison-Woods 1878 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Belongs to Conocyathus according to Tenison-Woods 1878

Sister taxa: Conocyathus (Chingchingocyathus), Conocyathus daniae, Conocyathus sulcatus, Conocyathus togoensis, Conocyathus turbinolioides, Conocyathus zelandiae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Muddy Creek (Tenison-Woods collection), which is in a Langhian marine marl in the Port Campbell Limestone Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Muddy Creek (Tenison-Woods collection)

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