Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: E. I. Kuzmicheva. 1987. Verkhnemelovyye i paleogenovyye korally SSSR [Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene corals from the USSR] 1-187
Belongs to Tarbellastraea according to E. I. Kuzmicheva 1987
Sister taxa: 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dnipropetrovsk, Mandrikovka Formation, which is in a Priabonian perireef or subreef limestone in the Mandrikovka Formation of Ukraine
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Dnipropetrovsk, Mandrikovka Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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