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Preverastraea infundibuliformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae

Taxonomy
Connectastrea infundibuliformis was named by Wells (1932). Its type locality is Suttler road, which is in an Albian shallow subtidal limestone in the Glen Rose Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Preverastraea infundibuliformis by Löser et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Connectastrea infundibuliformis Wells
2018Preverastraea infundibuliformis Löser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAulastraeoporidaeAlloiteau 1957
genusPreverastraeaBeauvais 1976
speciesinfundibuliformis()

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: 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 Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 113.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Connectastrea infundibuliformis (type locality: 74767)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece Preverastraea infundibuliformis (203930)