Oculina antiqua de Gregorio 1930 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Full reference: A. de Gregorio. 1930. Sul Permiano di Sicilia (fossili del calcare con Fusulina di Palazzo Adriano non descritti dal Prof. G. Gemmellaro conservati nel mio privato gabinetto). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 52:1-70

Belongs to Oculina according to A. de Gregorio 1930

Sister taxa: Oculina alabamensis, Oculina aldrichi, Oculina becki, Oculina conferta, Oculina diffusa, Oculina harrisi, Oculina hobleyi, Oculina nefrens, Oculina neustriaca, Oculina oamaruensis, Oculina olssoni, Oculina osiris, Oculina panzana, Oculina parvistella, Oculina peruviana, Oculina robusta, Oculina sarasotana, Oculina singleyi, Oculina smithi, Oculina suprajurensis, Oculina umbellata, Oculina valenciennesi, Oculina varicosa, Oculina virgosa, Oculina wagneriana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll), which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll)

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