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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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