Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative combinations: Isastraea ornata, Prionastrea ornata
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 1:1-392
Belongs to Confusastraea according to H. Ferry 1861
See also d'Orbigny 1850, de Fromentel 1861 and Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Sister taxa: Confusastraea burgundiae, Confusastraea consobrina, Confusastraea corallina, Confusastraea depressa, Confusastraea rustica, Confusastrea cottaldina, Confusastrea cotteaui, Confusastrea cupulina, Confusastrea depressa, Confusastrea dianthus, Confusastrea inaequalis, Confusastrea kobyi, Confusastrea subburgundiae
Type specimen: lectotype MNHN.F.R53018, a partial skeleton
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Confusastraea ornata in the database
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