Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: M. Gameil. 2003. Miocene corals from Wadi El Hommor, Sinai (Egypt). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 229(2):159-187
Belongs to Tarbellastraea according to M. Gameil 2003
Sister taxa: Tarbellastraea abditaxis, Tarbellastraea anomala, Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis, Tarbellastraea bragai, Tarbellastraea carryensis, Tarbellastraea chevalieri, Tarbellastraea conoidea, Tarbellastraea distans, Tarbellastraea edwardsi, Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis, Tarbellastraea ellisiana, Tarbellastraea hamedanii, Tarbellastraea mimbastensis, Tarbellastraea ovalis, Tarbellastraea profundata, Tarbellastraea raulini, Tarbellastraea reussiana, Tarbellastraea russoi, Tarbellastraea salentinensis, Tarbellastraea tenera, Tarbellastraea ukrainica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi El Hommor, which is in a Burdigalian perireef or subreef shale/limestone in the Rudeis Formation of Egypt
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Wadi El Hommor
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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