Enallhelia gracilis Münster 1841 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Enallhelia according to Orbigny 1850

Sister taxa: Enallhelia anomalos, Enallhelia compressa, Enallhelia differencia, Enallhelia elegans, Enallhelia expansa, Enallhelia gracilis, Enallhelia multiradiata, Enallhelia nipponica, Enallhelia occidentalis, Enallhelia rathieri, Enallhelia somaensis, Enallhelia striata, Enallhelia tubulosa, Enallhelia venusta, Enallhelia vrsatecis

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Enallhelia gracilis in the database

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