Protowentzelella variabilis Fedorowski 1965 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae

Synonyms: Dillerium potterensis Wilson 1982, Kleopatrina (Porfirievella) vesiculosa Fedorowski 1967, Stylastraea rowetti Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1993, Stylastraea tenuiseptata Fedorowski 1965

Belongs to Protowentzelella according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007

See also Wilson 1982 and Wilson 1994

Sister taxa: Protowentzelella aseptatum, Protowentzelella columellata, Protowentzelella cystosa, Protowentzelella dubiosa, Protowentzelella gigantea, Protowentzelella grandis, Protowentzelella hyporiphaea, Protowentzelella kunthi, Protowentzelella longiseptata, Protowentzelella major, Protowentzelella minima, Protowentzelella noinskyi, Protowentzelella permica, Protowentzelella perpasta, Protowentzelella regularis, Protowentzelella shastensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (9: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), United States (11: California, Nevada)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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