Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Heliocoenia variabilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Heliocoenia variabilis was named by Étallon (1859). It is extant. It is the type species of Heliocoenia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. decasepta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Heliocoenia variabilis Étallon p. 475
1948Heliocoenia tumularis Alloiteau
1964Alloiteaucoenia ternodorensis Beauvais
1964Alloiteaucoenia tumularis Beauvais
2003Heliocoenia variabilis Kiessling

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyStylininaed'Orbigny 1851
genusHeliocoenia
speciesvariabilis

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.

Heliocoenia variabilis Étallon 1859
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Alloiteaucoenia ternodorensis Beauvais 1964 [synonym], Heliocoenia tumularis Alloiteau 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 165.30000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Heliocoenia variabilis (41410)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Heliocoenia variabilis (41405)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Iran (Tabas Area) Heliocoenia variabilis (41417)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Heliocoenia variabilis (31435)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Heliocoenia variabilis (31433)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Heliocoenia variabilis (41422 41423)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Alloiteaucoenia tumularis (93095)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Alloiteaucoenia tumularis (93157)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Serbia Heliocoenia variabilis (85906)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Heliocoenia variabilis (68365 68366 68372 68373 68375 68376 68377)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Heliocoenia variabilis (35183 35191 35199)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Heliocoenia variabilis (89999)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Portugal Heliocoenia variabilis (68611)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Heliocoenia variabilis (23916 23917)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Azerbaijan Heliocoenia variabilis (78456)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Heliocoenia variabilis (68587 68588 68589 68590 68614)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Heliocoenia variabilis (68648 68671 68680 68684)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Heliocoenia variabilis (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Heliocoenia variabilis (90000 90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Azerbaijan Heliocoenia variabilis (78461)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Heliocoenia variabilis (34611 34612 34624)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Heliocoenia variabilis (35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Heliocoenia variabilis (68369)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Heliocoenia variabilis (34663 68585 68586 68594)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France (Bourgogne) Alloiteaucoenia ternodorensis (93200)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Azerbaijan Heliocoenia variabilis (78475)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France (Rhone-Alpes) Alloiteaucoenia tumularis (93270)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France (Franche-Comte) Alloiteaucoenia tumularis (93196)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Spain Heliocoenia variabilis (34610)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) Heliocoenia variabilis (85809)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Alloiteaucoenia tumularis (68510)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Heliocoenia variabilis (154046)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Heliocoenia variabilis (89994)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Heliocoenia variabilis (62219)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Heliocoenia variabilis (36533)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine (Crimea) Heliocoenia variabilis (22962)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Georgia Heliocoenia variabilis (67512)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Heliocoenia variabilis (74893)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Stylina sucrensis (79446)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Georgia Heliocoenia variabilis (85425 85430)