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Volzeioidea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Volzeioidea was named by Cuif (1977).

It was assigned to Pachythecaliina by Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Volzeioidea Cuif
2008Volzeioidea Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
superfamilyVolzeioideaCuif 1977
superfamilyVolzeioideaCuif 1977

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.

Superfm. †Volzeioidea Cuif 1977
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Fm. †Cyclophylliidae Roniewicz 1989
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G. †Cycliphyllia Roniewicz 1989
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†Cycliphyllia cyclica Schaffer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978
†Cycliphyllia major Roniewicz 1989
G. †Kompsasteria Roniewicz 1989
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†Kompsasteria salinaria Reuss 1855
G. †Neorylstonia Vasseur et al. 2019
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Invalid names: Mesophyllum Beauvais 1986 [replaced]
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: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Jamesoni or 221.50000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) Thecosmilia cyclica (38148)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Kompsasteria oligocystis (80015)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Oman Cyclophyllia cyclica (24306)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Slovenia Cyclophyllia raricorallita (36566)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Slovenia Cyclophyllia raricorallita (68757) Cyclophyllia raricorallita, Cyclophyllia cyclica (68756)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0India Retiophyllia cyclica (36386)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Retiophyllia cyclica (36815)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Isastrea salinaria (34635 36869)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) Cyclophyllia cyclica (38141) Cyclophyllia major (38145) Kompsasteria oligocystis, Cyclophyllia cyclica, Cyclophyllia major (38144)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovenia Cyclophyllia cyclica (36572)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Cyclophyllia major, Thecosmilia cyclica (36801 36807)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Morocco Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata (203733)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Morocco Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata (203732)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Morocco Mesophyllum pseudocolumellatum, Mesophyllum sp. (33573)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Morocco Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata (203735 203736 203737)