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Columnocoenia ablensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae

Taxonomy
Stylina ablensis was named by Etallon and Thurmann (1864). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Columnocoenia ablensis by Beauvais (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Stylina ablensis Etallon
1864Stylina ablensis Etallon and Thurmann p. 365 figs. pl. 51 fig. 3
1964Columnocoenia ablensis Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPachyphylliidaeBeauvais 1982
genusColumnocoeniaAlloiteau 1952
speciesablensis()

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.

Columnocoenia ablensis Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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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: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Columnocoenia ablensis (93094)