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Trochosmilia multisinuosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia multisinuosa was named by Michelin (1846).

It was recombined as Placosmilia multisinuosa by Sole Sabaris (1942); it was recombined as Placosmiliopsis multisinuosus by Russo (1979); it was recombined as Trochosmilia multisinuosa by Darga (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. dharanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Turbinolia multisinuosa Michelin
1942Placosmilia multisinuosa Sole Sabaris
1979Placosmiliopsis multisinuosus Russo
1992Trochosmilia multisinuosa Darga

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusTrochosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmultisinuosa(Michelin 1846)

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.

†Trochosmilia multisinuosa Michelin 1846
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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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Chattian or 56.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Placosmilia multisinuosa (227866)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Placosmiliopsis multisinuosus, Placosmilia multisinuosa (75454)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Slovenia Placosmilia multisinuosa (71666)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Croatia Placosmilia multisinuosa (87473)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Trochosmilia multisinuosa (10703)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran Placosmiliopsis multisinuosus (41075)