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Valliculastraea texta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Meandraraea texta was named by Oppenheim (1930).

It was recombined as Valliculastraea texta by Beauvais (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Meandraraea texta Oppenheim
1982Valliculastraea texta Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusValliculastraeaAlloiteau 1957
speciestexta(Oppenheim 1930)

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.

Valliculastraea texta Oppenheim 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Spain Valliculastraea texta (67610)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria (Styria) Valliculastraea texta (25479)