†Heliastrea (Athecastraea) Chevalier 1961 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae

Alternative spelling: Athecastraea

Full reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562

Parent taxon: Heliastrea according to J. P. Chevalier 1961

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Heliastraea defrancei, Heliastraea hilarionensis, Heliastrea autignacensis, Heliastrea boueana, Heliastrea carnegiei, Heliastrea deformis, Heliastrea defrancei, Heliastrea delicata, Heliastrea farquharsoni, Heliastrea grandis, Heliastrea irregularis, Heliastrea laticosta, Heliastrea lusitaniae, Heliastrea mellahica, Heliastrea nerthensis, Heliastrea oligophylla, Heliastrea parva, Heliastrea pelouaensis, Heliastrea saubriguensis, Heliastrea saucatsensis, Heliastrea solenastroides, Heliastrea taurinensis, Heliastrea virga

Subtaxa: Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (3 collections), Italy (1), Libya (1)

• Oligocene of France (2), Libya (2)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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