Parasmilia leganyii Kolosvary 1956 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Alternative combination: Cylicosmilia leganyii

Full reference: G. Kolosvary. 1956. A Bükkhegyseg Eocen Koralljai [Eocene corals from the Bükk Mountains]. Földtani Közlöny 86:67-85

Belongs to Parasmilia according to J. W. Wells 1956

See also Kolosvary 1956

Sister taxa: Parasmilia altavillensis, Parasmilia aptiensis, Parasmilia austinensis, Parasmilia bullardi, Parasmilia centralis, Parasmilia crassicostata, Parasmilia crnikalensis, Parasmilia cyensis, Parasmilia cylindrica, Parasmilia elliptica, Parasmilia elongata, Parasmilia fittoni, Parasmilia flindersensis, Parasmilia graysonensis, Parasmilia hermani, Parasmilia jusani, Parasmilia lindstroemi, Parasmilia lucens, Parasmilia ludoviciana, Parasmilia montaldoensis, Parasmilia taurinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cseres hill, Noszvaj, which is in an Eocene carbonate limestone in Hungary

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cseres hill, Noszvaj

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