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Latiphyllia truncata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia truncata was named by Ogilvie (1897). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Latiphyllia truncata by Geyer (1955); it was recombined as Clausastrea truncata by Bendukidze (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Thecosmilia truncata Ogilvie
1955Latiphyllia truncata Geyer
1982Clausastrea truncata Bendukidze

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDiplocteniopsidaeZlatarski 1968
genusLatiphylliaFromentel 1861
speciestruncata(Ogilvie 1897)

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.

Latiphyllia truncata Ogilvie 1897
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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: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Clausastrea truncata (90018)