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Phyllosmilia didymophila

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Trochosmilia didymophila was named by Felix (1903). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Phyllosmilia didymophila by Beauvais (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Trochosmilia didymophila Felix
1982Phyllosmilia didymophila Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyMeandrininaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPhyllosmiliaFromentel 1862
speciesdidymophila(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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:29:12
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:29:12
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Austria (Styria) Phyllosmilia didymophila (25481)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Phyllosmilia didymophila (74895 74905)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Phyllosmilia didymophila (67084)