Columastrea d'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae

Synonym: Columnastraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Columastraeidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006

See also Baron-Szabo 2021, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Eocolumastrea, Haimesastrea, Haimesiastraea, Palaeoplesiastraea, Stephanaxophyllia

Subtaxa: Columastrea antiqua Columastrea dubia Columastrea indica Columastrea madagascariensis Columastrea maxima Columastrea striata Columnastraea caillaudi

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Somalia (1 collection)

• Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)

• Paleocene of India (1)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (5), Austria (1), Chile (1), Croatia (1), France (3), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Italy (5), Madagascar (1), Oman (1), Serbia (1), Spain (2), the United Arab Emirates (3), Venezuela (2)

Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences

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