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Axosmilia villersensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurosmilia villersensis was named by Koby (1898).

It was recombined as Axosmilia villersensis by Turnsek and Mihajlovic (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pleurosmilia villersensis Koby
1981Axosmilia villersensis Turnsek and Mihajlovic

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955
genusAxosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesvillersensis(Koby 1898)

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: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Modified: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2014, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 137.05000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Axosmilia villersensis (233521)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Pleurosmilia villersensis (76924)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Axosmilia villersensis (74793)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Axosmilia villersensis (34719)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Axosmilia villersensis (74893)