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Solenastrea romettensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Plesiastrea romettensis was named by Seguenza (1864).

It was recombined as Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Solenastrea romettensis by Schuster (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Plesiastrea romettensis Seguenza
1961Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis Chevalier
2002Solenastrea romettensis Schuster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusSolenastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesromettensis(Seguenza 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.

Solenastrea romettensis Seguenza 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.44000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Solenastrea romettensis (41077)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Spain Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (70411 70413)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (70410)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Solenastrea romettensis (123125)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (161327 161338 161390 161391)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Libya Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (34500)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (69924)