Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Synonym: Caryosmilia abeli Kühn 1930

Full reference: J. Wanner. 1902. Die Fauna der obersten weissen Kreide der libyschen Wüste [Uppermost White Cretaceous of the Libyan Desert]. Palaeontographica 30(2):91-152

Belongs to Caryosmilia according to Wanner 1902

Sister taxon: Caryosmilia ambigua

Type specimens:

• Caryosmilia granosa: Its type locality is Bab-el Jasmund, Libyan Desert, which is in a Danian perireef or subreef limestone in Egypt
• Caryosmilia abeli: Its type locality is Bruderndorf, Lithothamnium Limestone, which is in a Danian shallow subtidal limestone in the Lithothamnium Limestone Formation of Austria.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore