Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea halicora, Goniastrea halicora
Belongs to Favites according to T. Inskipp et al. 2005
See also Felix 1920
Sister taxa: Favites abdita, Favites acuticollis, Favites ambigua, Favites autignacensis, Favites borneensis, Favites carryensis, Favites chinensis, Favites complanata, Favites crassiseptata, Favites densisepta, Favites detecta, Favites flexuosa, Favites gabbi, Favites inaequiseptata, Favites macrocalyx, Favites magnificata, Favites magnistellata, Favites mexicana, Favites micropentagona, Favites mimbastensis, Favites neglecta, Favites neugeboreni, Favites neuvillei, Favites oligocenica, Favites pauciseptata, Favites pentagona, Favites polygonalis, Favites rhomboidea, Favites rotundata, Favites spinosa, Favites stylifera, Favites taruensis, Favites tesserifera, Favites valenciennesii, Favites verbeeki, Favites yamanarii
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), India (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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