Tryplasma pakshifiense Lavrusevich 1971 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae

Full reference: A. I. Lavrusevich. 1971. Cheshuychatyye rugozy tsentralnogo Tadzhikistana [Fasciculate rugose corals from central Tadzhikistan]. in Rugozy i stromatoporoidei paleozoya SSSR [Paleozoic Rugosa and Stromatoporoidea of the USSR], Papers of II Allunion Symposium on fossil corals of the USSR (2)32-41

Belongs to Tryplasma according to A. I. Lavrusevich 1971

Sister taxa: Tryplasma aequabile, Tryplasma antiqua, Tryplasma basaltiforme, Tryplasma brevikense, Tryplasma duncanae, Tryplasma fascicularium, Tryplasma hemicymatelasma, Tryplasma magianense, Tryplasma newfarmeri, Tryplasma praecox, Tryplasma spinulatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pakshif Pass, which is in an Eifelian shallow subtidal limestone in Tajikistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pakshif Pass

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