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Cladophyllia gracilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cyathophyllum gracile was named by Münster (1841). Its type specimen is lectotype MNHN.F.B14283, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Enallhelia gracilis by Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Cladophyllia gracilis by de Fromentel (1861), Löser (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. catalaunica, C. conybeari
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-05-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cyathophyllum gracile Münster p. 37 figs. Pl 2, fig 15
1850Enallhelia gracilis Orbigny
1861Cladophyllia gracilis de Fromentel p. 145
2010Cladophyllia gracilis Löser p. 600 fig. 4.2
2014Cyathophyllum gracile Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCladophylliidae
genusCladophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciesgracilis()

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.

†Cladophyllia gracilis d'Orbigny 1850
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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: base of the Julian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 237.00000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Cyathophyllum gracile (type locality: 137429)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) Cladophyllia gracilis (177726)