Meandrina linearis d'Orbigny 1850 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 2:1-428

Belongs to Meandrina according to A. d'Orbigny 1850

Sister taxa: Meandrina africana, Meandrina alahuelensis, Meandrina antiguensis, Meandrina bernardina, Meandrina brasiliensis, Meandrina elegans, Meandrina filograna, Meandrina meandrites, Meandrina ornata, Meandrina venustula, Meandrina vermicularis

Type specimen: lectotype MNHN.F.R09343, a skeleton

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meandrina linearis in the database

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