Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae

Alternative combination: Heliolites porosa

Belongs to Heliolites according to Goldfuss 1826

See also Stauffer 1930

Sister taxa: Heliolites barrandei, Heliolites occidentales, Heliolites waicunensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (24), Italy (1), Laos (1), Morocco (2), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (2), Thailand (5), the United Kingdom (3), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (9), Western Sahara (1)

• Silurian of the Russian Federation (2), United States (5: California)

Total: 63 collections each including a single occurrence

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