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Columastrea dubia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae

Taxonomy
Columastrea dubia was named by Alloiteau (1958). It is not extant. Its type locality is Andrafiavelo, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Columastrea dubia Alloiteau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyColumastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusColumastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesdubia

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.

Columastrea dubia Alloiteau 1958
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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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Columastrea dubia (31572)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Madagascar (Mahajanga) Columastrea dubia (type locality: 86609)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Columastrea dubia (12766 206410 206412)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Oman Columastrea dubia (175470)