Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative combination: Acrosmilia corallina
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 Trochosmilia according to E. de Fromentel 1861
See also d'Orbigny 1850 and Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Sister taxa: Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia), Trochosmilia acutimargo, Trochosmilia arguta, Trochosmilia asiatica, Trochosmilia beyrichi, Trochosmilia camura, Trochosmilia cernua, Trochosmilia corniculum, Trochosmilia cristata, Trochosmilia delicatissima, Trochosmilia excelsa, Trochosmilia faujasi, Trochosmilia inflata, Trochosmilia liasica, Trochosmilia lorioli, Trochosmilia minuta, Trochosmilia moorei, Trochosmilia multisinuosa, Trochosmilia oldhami, Trochosmilia orientalis, Trochosmilia osensis, Trochosmilia persica, Trochosmilia poculum, Trochosmilia stainbrooki, Trochosmilia transitoria
Type specimen: syntypes MNHN.F.A09331 - A09332
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trochosmilia corallina in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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