Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
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 Leptoria according to O. Kühn 1933
Sister taxa: Leptoria angigyra, Leptoria bithecata, Leptoria cantharelloides, Leptoria cristata, Leptoria hayae, Leptoria italica, Leptoria laxa, Leptoria netchensis, Leptoria patellaris, Leptoria pauca, Leptoria pennata, Leptoria phrygia, Leptoria reticulata, Leptoria selenkae, Leptoria spenceri, Leptoria traba
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kahn-i-Shahr, 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 Kahn-i-Shahr
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.