Aulopora gerthi Montanaro Gallitelli 1954 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae

Full reference: E. Montanaro Gallitelli. 1954. Il Permiano del Sosio e i suoi coralli. Palaeontographica Italica 49:1-98

Belongs to Aulopora according to E. Montanaro Gallitelli 1954

Sister taxa: Aulopora amica, Aulopora assueta, Aulopora celsa, Aulopora enodis, Aulopora necopina, Aulopora repens, Aulopora serpens, Aulopora timorica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone

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