Antillia turbinata Gerth 1925 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Full reference: H. Gerth. 1925. Jungtertiäre Korallen von Nias, Java und Borneo, nebst einer Übersicht über die aus dem Känozoikum des indischen Archipels bekannten Arten. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen 1:22-82

Belongs to Antillia according to H. Gerth 1925

Sister taxa: Trachyphyllia bilobata, Trachyphyllia crassa, Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, Trachyphyllia granti, Trachyphyllia sawkinsi, Antillia hadleyi, Antillia clarki, Antillia cristata, Antillia dentata, Antillia heueri, Antillia dominicensis, Antillia poculiformis, Antillia persica, Antillia batequensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Menumbar River, Borneo, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (2 collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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