Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Alternative combination: Amphihelia natchitochensis

Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263

Belongs to Madrepora according to W. Kiessling 2008

Sister taxa: Madrepora (Amphihelia), Madrepora bureaui, Madrepora costata, Madrepora granulata, Madrepora kauaiensis, Madrepora oculata, Madrepora porcellana, Madrepora profunda, Madrepora solida, Madrepora vasseuri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Natchitoches, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Louisiana

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder