Columnocoenia ablensis Etallon and Thurmann 1864 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae

Alternative combination: Stylina ablensis

Full reference: A. Etallon and J. Thurmann. 1864. Lethaea bruntrutana ou études paléontologiques et stratigraphiques sur les terrains jurassiques supérieurs du Jura bernois et en particulier des environs de Porrentruy (suite et fin). Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften 20:356-580

Belongs to Columnocoenia according to L. Beauvais 1964

Sister taxa: Columnocoenia aokii, Columnocoenia aragonensis, Columnocoenia arnaudi, Columnocoenia bucovinensis, Columnocoenia falkenbergensis, Columnocoenia gemmans, Columnocoenia grandiflora, Columnocoenia katzi, Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi, Columnocoenia lamberti, Columnocoenia lifolensis, Columnocoenia miniflora, Columnocoenia minima, Columnocoenia nipponica, Columnocoenia safarratensis, Columnocoenia sulcata

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Bressaucourt (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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