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Clausastrea bolzei

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Clausastrea bolzei was named by Alloiteau (1960). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Djebel Cheid, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Tunisia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Clausastrea bolzei Alloiteau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusClausastrea
speciesbolzei

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.

Clausastrea bolzei Alloiteau 1960
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Campanian or 137.05000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Spain Clausastrea bolzei (220703)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Clausastrea bolzei (74799)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Slovenia Clausastrea bolzei (68728)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Clausastrea bolzei (34719 60375)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Greece Clausastrea bolzei (60373)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Tunisia Clausastrea bolzei (type locality: 87798)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Clausastrea bolzei (31572)