Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Reef corals from the California Middle Eocene. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(34):503-510
Belongs to Leptastrea according to J. W. Durham 1942
See also López-Pérez 2005
Sister taxa: Leptastrea bewickensis, Leptastrea bottae, Leptastrea pruinosa, Leptastrea purpurea, Leptastrea transversa
Type specimen: CAS 5911. Its type locality is CAS 1692, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in California.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California, Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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