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Cuifia marmorea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Montlivaltia marmorea was named by Frech (1890). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cuifia marmorea by Roniewicz (1995) and Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Montlivaltia marmorea Frech
1927Montlivaultia marmorea Smith p. 126
1995Cuifia marmorea Roniewicz
2008Cuifia marmorea Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusCuifiaMelnikova 1975
speciesmarmorea()

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.

†Cuifia marmorea Frech 1890
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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: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Sevatian or 221.50000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) Montlivaltia marmorea (100391)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) Montlivaltia marmorea, Cuifia marmorea (38148)
Norian228.0 - 208.5East Timor Montlivaltia marmorea (21166)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Austria Cuifia marmorea (85472)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Cuifia marmorea (82659)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) Montlivaltia marmorea (100412) Montlivaultia marmorea (144388)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria (Styria) Montlivaltia marmorea (36516)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria (Calcareous Alps) Cuifia marmorea (38149)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Montlivaltia marmorea (25261)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Montlivaltia marmorea (36801 36807)