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Flustroidea

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata

Taxonomy
Flustroidea was named by Fleming (1828). It is extant.

It was assigned to Neocheilostomina by Gordon (2012); and to Flustrina by Berning (2006), Di Martino and Taylor (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Flustroidea Fleming
2006Flustroidea Berning p. 31
2012Flustroidea Gordon p. 4
2014Flustroidea Di Martino and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilyFlustroideaFleming 1828
superfamilyFlustroideaFleming 1828

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.

Superfm. Flustroidea Fleming 1828
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Fm. †Flustridae Fleming 1828
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G. Carbasea Gray 1848
G. Chartella Gray 1848
G. Flustra Linnaeus 1761
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Flustra elegans Münster 1841
Invalid names: Eschara Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
G. Gregarinidra Barrosa 1949
G. Hincksina Norman 1903
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Hincksina geminata Waters 1881
Hincksina loxopora Reuss 1848
Hincksina ocalensis Canu and Bassler 1920
Hincksina uniserialis Canu and Bassler 1935
G. Hincksinoflustra Bobin and Prenant 1961
G. Isosecuriflustra Liu and Hu 1991
G. Kenella Levinsen 1909
G. Nematoflustra Moyano 1972
G. Retiflustra Levinsen 1909
G. Sarsiflustra Jullien 1903
G. Securiflustra Silen 1941
G. Serratiflustra Moyano 1972
G. Spiralaria Busk 1861
G. Terminoflustra Silen 1942
Invalid names: Hincksinidae Canu and Bassler 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2007-09-18 02:46:35
Modified: 2008-02-27 09:01:45
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wordian to the top of the Lujanian or 266.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 264.28 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Eschara parvula (233340)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Flustra elegans (137429)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Eschara sp. (59776)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Hincksina jacksonica (7331)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Hincksina bilaminaria (7330) Hincksina ocalensis (7322 7324)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Flustra sp. (40512)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt Eschara sp. (97545)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Hincksina ocalensis (90479)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Hincksina ocalensis (90565)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Hincksina elegans, Hincksina costulifera (90528)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Hincksina geminata (173512 173526 173527)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Hincksina uniserialis (174145)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany Eschara fissimargo, Eschara whitei (46102)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Hincksina geminata (173504 173506 173511)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Hincksina geminata (167299)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain Hincksina flustroides (177486) Hincksina loxopora (177481 177482) Hincksina sp. (178465)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Ukraine (Crimea) Hincksina sp. (194986)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Hincksina sp. (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain Hincksina flustroides (177490) Hincksina flustroides, Hincksina loxopora (177489)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina Flustra sp. (204208)