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Lithophyllia detrita

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Anthophyllum detritum was named by Michelin (1842).

It was recombined as Lithophyllia detrita by Barta-Calmus (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Anthophyllum detritum Michelin
1973Lithophyllia detrita Barta-Calmus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
genusLithophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
speciesdetrita(Michelin 1842)

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.

Lithophyllia detrita Michelin 1842
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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 Bartonian to the top of the Langhian or 41.03000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Lithophyllia detrita (34481)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Lithophyllia detrita (22968 163836)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Lithophyllia detrita (163845)