Schizoculina fissipara Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Alternative combination: Oculina fissipara

Synonym: Cladangia carvalhoi Chevalier 1970

Belongs to Schizoculina according to W. Kiessling 2014

See also Chevalier 1970

Sister taxon: Schizoculina africana

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Salinas de Bero, Saco, Namibe (Quaternary of Angola)

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