Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Full reference: V. M. Reyman. 1975. Korally iz senomanskikh otlozheniy yuga sredney Azii [Cenomanian corals from southern Middle Asia]. Voprosy Paleontologii Tadzhikistana [Problems of paleontology of Tadzhikistan] 149-162
Belongs to Heliastrea according to V. M. Reyman 1975
Sister taxa: Heliastraea defrancei, Heliastraea hilarionensis, Heliastrea (Athecastraea), Heliastrea autignacensis, Heliastrea boueana, Heliastrea carnegiei, Heliastrea deformis, Heliastrea defrancei, Heliastrea delicata, Heliastrea farquharsoni, Heliastrea grandis, Heliastrea irregularis, Heliastrea laticosta, Heliastrea lusitaniae, Heliastrea mellahica, Heliastrea nerthensis, Heliastrea oligophylla, Heliastrea parva, Heliastrea pelouaensis, Heliastrea saubriguensis, Heliastrea saucatsensis, Heliastrea solenastroides, Heliastrea taurinensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aktash, Gissar Mountains, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in Tajikistan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Aktash, Gissar Mountains
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