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Stylophora conferta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy

Stylophora conferta was named by Reuss (1868). Its type locality is Monte Grumi, Castelgomberto, which is in a Rupelian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Castelgomberto Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. alpina, S. cambridgiensis, S. confusa, S. contorta, S. falloti, S. herzegowinensis, S. microstyla, S. minuta, S. mutata, S. papuensis, S. pistillata, S. pistillata, S. pistilllata, S. solida, S. stellata, S. tarbellensis, S. tuberosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1868	Stylophora conferta Reuss

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Astrocoeniina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Pocilloporidae	Gray 1842
genus	Stylophora	Schweigger 1819
species	conferta

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.

†Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868

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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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Burdigalian or 56.00000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (19 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Italy	Stylophora conferta (227821 227866)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Italy	Stylophora conferta (75454)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Italy	Stylophora conferta (146598)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Croatia	Stylophora conferta (124309)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Italy (Veneto)	Stylophora conferta (type locality: 91634 91651 91899)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	France (Aquitaine)	Stylophora conferta (92231)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Slovenia	Stylophora conferta (87472)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Somalia	Stylophora conferta (71062)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Greece	Stylophora conferta (79641)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Türkiye (Denizli)	Stylophora conferta (88771 88772)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Türkiye	Stylophora conferta (111678)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Somalia	Stylophora conferta (78900 79079 79097)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Iran	Stylophora conferta (41077)