Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1960. Sur le genre Clausastrea [About the genus Clausastrea]. Annales de Paleontologie 46:1-46

Belongs to Clausastrea according to J. Alloiteau 1960

Sister taxa: Clausastrea alloiteaui, Clausastrea alnisensis, Clausastrea arnaudi, Clausastrea bellomontensis, Clausastrea bohemoslovaka, Clausastrea calloviensis, Clausastrea costata, Clausastrea dubia, Clausastrea edwardsi, Clausastrea julistephanovi, Clausastrea korthensis, Clausastrea lamellostriata, Clausastrea magna, Clausastrea neuvicensis, Clausastrea parva, Clausastrea plana, Clausastrea pseudoconfluens, Clausastrea querolensis, Clausastrea radisensis, Clausastrea saltensis, Clausastrea superficialis, Clausastrea tesselata, Clausastrea tessellata, Clausastrea topalensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Djebel Cheid, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Tunisia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder