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Comophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Comophyllia was named by D'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath-l J Kimm]. Its type is Comophyllia elegans.

It was assigned to Latomeandridae by Roniewicz (1976); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Comophyllia D'Orbigny p. 9
1976Comophyllia Roniewicz
2002Comophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusComophyllia

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.

G. †Comophyllia D'Orbigny 1849
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†Comophyllia corrugata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
†Comophyllia dichotoma Krkovic 1965
†Comophyllia elegans D'Orbigny 1849
†Comophyllia ostrosi Krkovic 1965
†Comophyllia turbiformis Beauvais 1964
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: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 192.90000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain (Murcia) C. thamnastroides (38080)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Iran (Tabas Area) C. polymorpha (41396)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Centre) C. polymorpha (85965)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) C. polymorpha (41410 41414 41416)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Centre) Microphyllia corrugata (93124)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) C. variabilis (93095)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland C. turbiformis (85959) Microphyllia corrugata (93151)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Montenegro C. ostrosi, C. dichotoma (85906)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal C. polymorpha (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Dimorphastrea variabilis (90017)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain C. polymorpha, C. meandrinoides (34611)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania C. polymorpha (35200 35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal C. corrugata (68594) C. meandrinoides (34660) C. polymorpha (68585)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal C. polymorpha (68786 68787 68810)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) C. polymorpha (68220)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Bulgaria (Pernik) C. sp. (87061)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Microphyllia corrugata (68510)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany C. sp. (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. jurensis (34398) C. jurensis, C. corrugata (23904)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Bulgaria C. sp. (151494)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) C. polymorpha (83393)