Volzeia badiotica Volz 1896 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Volzeiidae

Alternative combination: Thecosmilia badiotica

Belongs to Volzeia according to G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue 2015

See also Cuif 1966

Sister taxa: Volzeia carpathica, Volzeia chagyabensis, Volzeia degeensis, Volzeia subdichotoma, Volzeia szulci

Type specimen: Its type locality is Forcella di Sett Sass, Italy, which is in a Carnian shallow subtidal marl in the Cassian Formation of Italy

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Morocco (1 collection)

• Triassic of China (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (4), Slovenia (10), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (1)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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