Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Full reference: O. Kühn. 1933. Das Becken von Isfahan-Saidabad und seine altmiocäne Korallenfauna [The Isfahan-Saidabad Basin and its Miocene coral fauna]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 79:143-221
Belongs to Trochosmilia according to O. Kühn 1933
Sister taxa: Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia), Trochosmilia acutimargo, Trochosmilia arguta, Trochosmilia asiatica, Trochosmilia beyrichi, Trochosmilia camura, Trochosmilia corniculum, Trochosmilia cristata, Trochosmilia faujasi, Trochosmilia lorioli, Trochosmilia minuta, Trochosmilia moorei, Trochosmilia multisinuosa, Trochosmilia oldhami, Trochosmilia orientalis, Trochosmilia osensis, Trochosmilia persica, Trochosmilia stainbrooki, Trochosmilia transitoria
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mohammabad, which is in a Burdigalian perireef or subreef limestone in the Saidabad Coral Limestone Formation of Iran
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mohammabad
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