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Aquitanophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Aquitanophyllia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Perrin et al. (1998); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Aquitanophyllia Perrin et al.
2002Aquitanophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
genusAquitanophyllia

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: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France A. sp. (163836)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France A. grandistellae (70232 163837)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France A. grandistellae (70191 163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy A. grandistellae (70450)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Syzygophyllia grandistellae (70312)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Egypt A. grandistellae (50925) A. sp. (34873 50903)