Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) indicum de Koninck 1863 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Alternative combination: Clisiophyllum indicum

Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1863. Descriptions of some fossils from India, discovered by Dr. A. Fleming of Edinburgh. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:1-19

Belongs to Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) according to M. Minato and M. Kato 1965

See also de Koninck 1863

Sister taxa: Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) amygdalophylloideum, Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) igrimjusicum, Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) splendens, Iranophyllum (Iranophyllum) tunicatum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Salt Range, Lower Wargal Formation (Permian of Pakistan)

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