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Lepiconus gastaldii

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Discussion

also listed as Stylophyllum gastaldii in Riedel, 1991

Taxonomy
Montlivaltia gastaldii was named by Stoppani (1865). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stylophyllopsis rudis by Frech (1890); it was recombined as Lepiconus gastaldii by Fantini Sestini and Motta (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Montlivaltia gastaldii Stoppani
1984Lepiconus gastaldii Fantini Sestini and Motta

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
genusLepiconusStoppani 1857
speciesgastaldii(Stoppani 1865)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lepiconus gastaldii Stoppani 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy (Lombardy) Lepiconus gastaldii (38118 38131 38132)