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Retiophyllia oppeli

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Calamophyllia oppeli was named by Reuss (1864).

It was recombined as Archaeophyllia oppeli by Beauvais (1972); it was recombined as Thecosmilia oppeli by Poletaev (2000); it was recombined as Retiophyllia oppeli by Roniewicz (1989), Prinz (1991) and Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. ahraboutensis, R. major, R. opelli, R. quesneliana, R. selamenensis, R. seranica, R. wanneri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Calamophyllia oppeli Reuss
1972Archaeophyllia oppeli Beauvais
1989Retiophyllia oppeli Roniewicz
1991Retiophyllia oppeli Prinz
2000Thecosmilia oppeli Poletaev
2008Retiophyllia oppeli Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciesoppeli(Reuss 1864)

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.

†Retiophyllia oppeli Reuss 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
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: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Thailand Thecosmilia oppeli (44813)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Mexico (Sonora) Retiophyllia opelli (41024)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (Yukon) Retiophyllia oppeli (38033 40764)
Norian228.0 - 208.5East Timor Retiophyllia oppeli (21180)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Retiophyllia oppeli (82662)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Oregon) Thecosmilia oppeli (85525)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey (Anatolia) Retiophyllia oppeli (38047)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) Retiophyllia oppeli (38141 38144 38145 38146)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovakia Retiophyllia oppeli (42542 42546 42548)