Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Alternative combination: Placotrochus inflectus
Full reference: J. Dennant. 1903. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 6. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 27:208-215
Belongs to Periplacotrochus according to S. D. Cairns 2017
See also Dennant 1903
Sister taxa: Periplacotrochus corniculatus, Periplacotrochus cudmorei, Periplacotrochus deltoideus, Periplacotrochus elegans, Periplacotrochus elongatus, Periplacotrochus magnus, Periplacotrochus pueblensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Browns Creek, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Australia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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