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Tarbellastraea conoidea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea conoidea was named by Reuss (1871).

It was recombined as Orbicella conoidea by Kühn (1926); it was recombined as Tarbellastraea conoidea by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Plesiastrea conoidea by Rus and Popa (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. aquitaniensis, T. eggenburgensis, T. eggenburgensis, T. eggenburgensis, T. ellisiana, T. organalis, T. reussiana, T. silciliae, T. thirsiformis
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2009-07-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Heliastrea conoidea Reuss
1926Orbicella conoidea Kühn
1961Tarbellastraea conoidea Chevalier
2008Plesiastrea conoidea Rus and Popa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusTarbellastraeaAlloiteau 1950
speciesconoidea(Reuss 1871)

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: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.45000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.04 - 11.63Libya Tarbellastraea conoidea (34499)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Tarbellastraea conoidea (70450)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Türkiye Orbicella conoidea (124456 124505)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Plesiastrea conoidea (123125) Tarbellastraea conoidea (86875)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Bulgaria Tarbellastraea conoidea (70049)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Morocco Tarbellastraea conoidea (161338 161390)