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Placosmilia gracilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Lasmogyra gracilis was named by Felix (1903). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Placosmilia gracilis by Turnsek (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Lasmogyra gracilis Felix
1997Placosmilia gracilis Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeFelix 1900
genusPlacosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesgracilis(Felix 1903)

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.

Placosmilia gracilis Felix 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Slovenia Placosmilia gracilis (23071)