Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Prionastraea chinensis
Belongs to Favites according to T. Inskipp et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Favites abdita, Favites acuticollis, Favites ambigua, Favites autignacensis, Favites borneensis, Favites carryensis, Favites complanata, Favites crassiseptata, Favites densisepta, Favites detecta, Favites flexuosa, Favites gabbi, Favites halicora, Favites inaequiseptata, Favites macrocalyx, Favites magnificata, Favites magnistellata, Favites mexicana, Favites micropentagona, Favites mimbastensis, Favites neglecta, Favites neugeboreni, Favites neuvillei, Favites oligocenica, Favites pauciseptata, Favites pentagona, Favites polygonalis, Favites rhomboidea, Favites rotundata, Favites spinosa, Favites stylifera, Favites taruensis, Favites tesserifera, Favites valenciennesii, Favites verbeeki, Favites yamanarii
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (2 collections), Eritrea (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (5), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (5), Sudan (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of United States Minor Outlying Islands (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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