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Multisolenia tortuosa

Anthozoa - Favositida - Multisoleniidae

Taxonomy
Multisolenia tortuosa was named by Fritz (1937). It is the type species of Multisolenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Multisolenia tortuosa Fritz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyMultisoleniidaeFritz 1950
subfamilyMultisoleniinaeFritz 1950
genusMultisoleniaFritz 1937
speciestortuosaFritz 1937

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.

Multisolenia tortuosa Fritz 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Ludlow or 440.50000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Multisolenia tortuosa (206465 206484 206541 206542 206543 206560)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Multisolenia tortuosa (79454 79459 79461 79483 79513)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Multisolenia tortuosa (78710)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Manitoba) Multisolenia tortuosa (3009)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9China Multisolenia tortuosa (164287 164288)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Multisolenia tortuosa (79394)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Multisolenia tortuosa (206347)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Multisolenia tortuosa (184765)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Tuva) Multisolenia tortuosa (78713)
Telychian - Wenlock438.6 - 426.7Canada (Manitoba) Multisolenia tortuosa (26678 26706)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Multisolenia tortuosa (206378 206379 206380 206381)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Multisolenia tortuosa (79406 79468 79471)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Gansu) Multisolenia tortuosa (27826)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Mongolia Multisolenia tortuosa (79684)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Shaanxi) Multisolenia tortuosa (27802)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Tyva) Multisolenia tortuosa (78717 78720)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Gansu) Multisolenia tortuosa (27753)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) Multisolenia tortuosa (228316)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Kazakhstan Multisolenia tortuosa (23754)