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Placosmiliopsis bilobatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Placosmiliopsis bilobatus was named by d'Achiardi (1868).

It was recombined as Trochosmilia bilobata by d'Achiardi (1866); it was recombined as Placosmilia bilobata by Oppenheim (1901), Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Trochosmilia bilobata d'Achiardi
1868Placosmiliopsis bilobatus d'Achiardi
1901Placosmilia bilobata Oppenheim
1994Placosmiliopsis bilobatus Alvarez et al.
2014Placosmilia bilobata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusPlacosmiliopsisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesbilobatusd'Achiardi 1868

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.

Placosmiliopsis bilobatus d'Achiardi 1868
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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 Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Placosmiliopsis bilobatus (34483 92086 142111 142112 146169)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain Placosmiliopsis bilobatus (145969 146168)