Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Khameiss et al. 2016, Perrin et al. 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paragoniastrea, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Trachyphyllia
Subtaxa: Tarbellastraea abditaxis Tarbellastraea anomala Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis Tarbellastraea bragai Tarbellastraea carryensis Tarbellastraea chevalieri Tarbellastraea conoidea Tarbellastraea distans Tarbellastraea edwardsi Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis Tarbellastraea ellisiana Tarbellastraea hamedanii Tarbellastraea hommorensis Tarbellastraea mimbastensis Tarbellastraea ovalis Tarbellastraea profundata Tarbellastraea raulini Tarbellastraea reussiana Tarbellastraea russoi Tarbellastraea salentinensis Tarbellastraea tenera Tarbellastraea ukrainica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Neogene of Poland (1 collection)
• Miocene of Algeria (12), Austria (20), Bulgaria (2), Cyprus (2), Egypt (11), France (24), Greece (9), Hungary (9), Iran (5), Italy (11), Libya (2), Malta (3), Moldova (4), Morocco (15), Poland (4), Portugal (4), Romania (6), Saudi Arabia (4), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (1), Somalia (2), Spain (19), Sudan (1), Türkiye (12), Ukraine (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Iran (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Greece (2), Iran (1), Italy (19), Libya (2), Malta (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Türkiye (2)
• Eocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 222 collections including 318 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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