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Oculina conferta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Oculina conferta was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Oculina conferta Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
genusOculinaGray 1847
speciesconfertaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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.

Oculina conferta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Architecture: compact or denseg
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:26:25
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:26:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (South central Iran) Oculina conferta (233247)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (Nehbandan) Oculina conferta (233245)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan) Oculina conferta (233244)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovenia (Slovenia) Oculina conferta (79288 79293 80825 80827 80828)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Oculina conferta (42643)