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Mamillopora

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Mamilloporidae

Taxonomy
Mamillopora is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Mamilloporidae.

It was assigned to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mamilloporidae by Bassler (1953), Bock (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Mamillopora Bassler p. G227
2002Mamillopora Sepkoski
2006Mamillopora Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
familyMamilloporidaeCanu and Bassler 1927
genusMamillopora

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: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:43:30
Modified: 2008-02-26 07:43:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama M. tuberosa (61342)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) M. tuberosa (145579)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) M. n. sp. 2 (79777) M. tuberosa (79982)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica M. tuberosa (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) M. cavernulosa, M. n. sp. 1 (79794) M. cavernulosa, M. tuberosa (79983) M. n. sp. 1 (79771 79989) M. n. sp. 2 (79774) M. tuberosa, M. n. sp. 1 (79772)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) M. cavernulosa (61340 79998) M. tuberosa (61339 61344 91910) M. tuberosa, M. n. sp. 2 (91902)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama M. tuberosa, M. n. sp. 1, M. n. sp. 2 (91912)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) M. cavernulosa (79845) M. cavernulosa, M. tuberosa (79842 79844) M. tuberosa, M. n. sp. 1 (79835)