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Heterophyllia (Heterophyllia)

Anthozoa - Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae

Discussion

Schindewolf (1941: p. 294) appears to be the first to use Heterophyllia as a subgenus of Heterophyllia

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Taxonomy
Heterophyllia (Heterophyllia) was named by Schindewolf (1941). Its type is Heterophyllia grandis.

It was assigned to Heterophyllia by Schindewolf (1941), Hill (1981).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Heterophyllia (Heterophyllia) Schindewolf
1981Heterophyllia (Heterophyllia) Hill p. F424

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterocoralliaSchindewolf 1941
familyHeterophylliidaeDybowski 1873
genusHeterophylliaMcCoy 1849
subgenusHeterophylliaSchindewolf 1941

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.

Subg. †Heterophyllia (Heterophyllia) Schindewolf 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Clonal: yeso
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:59:59
Modified: 2009-04-13 12:59:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3China Heterophyllia sp. (66876)