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Tarbellastraea russoi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Tarbellastraea russoi was named by Bosellini (1996). Its type locality is Vitigliano, Castro, back reef, Italy, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm grainstone/packstone in the Castro Limestone Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Tarbellastraea russoi Bosellini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusTarbellastraeaAlloiteau 1950
speciesrussoiBosellini 1996

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.

Tarbellastraea russoi Bosellini 1996
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Badenian or 28.10000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy Tarbellastraea russoi (type locality: 25372)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Iran Tarbellastraea russoi (79647)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovenia Tarbellastraea russoi (22969)