Aplosmilia spathula Étallon 1859 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Full reference: A. Étallon. 1859. Etudes paléontologiques sur le Haut-Jura. Rayonnés du Corallien. Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du département du Doubs 3(3):401-553

Belongs to Aplosmilia according to A. Étallon 1859

Sister taxa: Aplosmilia aspera, Aplosmilia coalescens, Aplosmilia crassa, Aplosmilia distans, Aplosmilia dumosa, Aplosmilia elegans, Aplosmilia grandicosta, Aplosmilia gregaria, Aplosmilia kobyi, Aplosmilia magnifica, Aplosmilia nuda, Aplosmilia rotunda, Aplosmilia rugosa, Aplosmilia semisulcata, Aplosmilia somaensis, Aplosmilia spinosa, Aplosmilia suevica, Aplosmilia thurmanni, Aplosmilia tochikuboensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte, which is in a Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Valfin Formation of France

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte

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