Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Alternative combination: Gemmipora frondens
Synonyms: Turbinaria contorta Bernard 1896, Turbinaria danae Bernard 1896
Belongs to Turbinaria according to T. Inskipp et al. 2005
See also Kiessling 2008 and Yabe and Sugiyama 1941
Sister taxa: Turbinaria crater, Turbinaria cyathiformis, Turbinaria durhami, Turbinaria grandis, Turbinaria irregularis, Turbinaria jacksoni, Turbinaria mesenterina, Turbinaria radicalis, Turbinaria reniformis, Turbinaria sitaensis, Turbinaria stellulata, Turbinaria tenuis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Japan (4)
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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