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Visbylites stella

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Plasmoporidae

Taxonomy
Plasmopora stella was named by Lindström (1899). It is the type species of Visbylites.

It was recombined as Visbylites stella by Bondarenko (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Plasmopora stella Lindström
1963Visbylites stella Bondarenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyPlasmoporidaeSardeson 1896
genusVisbylitesBondarenko 1963
speciesstella(Lindström 1899)

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.

Visbylites stella Lindström 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: microcarnivorec
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:54:32
Modified: 2010-02-09 05:44:22
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available