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Halysites catenularius

Anthozoa - Halysitida - Halysitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Tubipora catenularia Linnaeus p. 1270 figs. Pl. 664, figs. 1-1c
1854Halysites catenularia Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 270 figs. Pl. 664, figs. 1-1c
1866Halysites catenularia Billings pp. 7. 32
1878Halysites catenulatus Etheridge p. 583
1928Halysites catenularia Twenhofel p. 125
1955Halysites catenularius Buehler p. 28
1966Halysites catenularia Klaamann
1981Halysites catenularius Hill
2018Halysites catenularius Berkowski and Zapalski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHalysitidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
familyHalysitidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
subfamilyHalysitinaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
genusHalysitesvon Waldheim 1813
speciescatenularius(Linnaeus 1767)

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.

Halysites catenularius Linnaeus 1767
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Halysites catenularius borealis Tcherneychev 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 Edenian to the top of the Ludfordian or 451.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) Halysites catenulatus (24231)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) Halysites catenulatus (24228)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Halysites catenulatus (24230)
Ashgill - Wenlock449.5 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Halysites catenulatus (188780)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Halysites catenularius (79525)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Ohio) Halysites catenularius (13205)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Sweden Halysites catenularius (61757 61758 195399)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden Halysites catenularius, Halysites catenulatus (77410)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Halysites catenularius, Halysites catenulatus (13591) Halysites catenulatus (13592 13594 13597)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Halysites catenularius (79881)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Halysites catenularius (79419)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Halysites catenulatus (188868)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) Halysites catenularius, Halysites catenulatus (13599)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Halysites catenularius (23057)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Halysites catenularius (13601)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Halysites catenularius (13603)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Türkiye (Istanbul) Halysites catenularius (79354)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) Halysites catenularius (13616 13618)