Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative spelling: Clausastraea
Synonym: Maeandramorpha Babayev 1973
Full reference: A. D'Orbigny. 1849. Note sur les polypiers fossiles. 3-12
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiidae according to E. Roniewicz 1976
See also Babayev 1973, Errenst 1990, Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisastraea, Brevimaeandra, Ceratothecia, Coenotheca, Complexastraeopsis, Complexastrea, Confusastrea, Cyathophyllia, Cyathophylliopsis, Dimorphocoenia, Elasmophyllia, Goldfussastraea, Goldfussastrea, Isastrea, Kobyphyllia, Mapucheastrea, Margarastreopsis, Nerthastraea, Neuquinosmilia, Paraclausastraea, Paraphyllogyra, Peplosmilia, Placosmilia, Placosmiliinae, Plesiophyllia, Puschastraea, Rhabdophyllia, Thecomeandra, Trochophyllia, Trochosmilia
Subtaxa: Clausastraea consobrina Clausastraea costata Clausastraea dubia Clausastraea limitata Clausastraea parva Clausastrea alloiteaui Clausastrea alnisensis Clausastrea arnaudi Clausastrea bellomontensis Clausastrea bohemoslovaka Clausastrea bolzei Clausastrea calloviensis Clausastrea costata Clausastrea daschkessanica Clausastrea dichotoma Clausastrea dubia Clausastrea edwardsi Clausastrea eliasovae Clausastrea julistephanovi Clausastrea korthensis Clausastrea lamellostriata Clausastrea magna Clausastrea neuvicensis Clausastrea plana Clausastrea pseudoconfluens Clausastrea querolensis Clausastrea radisensis Clausastrea saltensis Clausastrea superficialis Clausastrea tesselata Clausastrea tessellata Clausastrea topalensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Bulgaria (4), France (15), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Greece (5), Italy (1), Poland (5), Romania (1), Serbia (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (2), Sweden (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (3), Ukraine (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Poland (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), Czechia (4), France (9), Georgia (4), Italy (2), Myanmar (1), Poland (4), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (3), Spain (3), Switzerland (3)
Total: 87 collections including 110 occurrences
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