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Tarbellastraea ellisiana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea ellisiana was named by Defrance (1826). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Solenastrea ellisiana by Kühn (1926); it was recombined as Tarbellastraea ellisiana by Chaix and Saint Martin (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea ellisiana Defrance
1926Solenastrea ellisiana Kühn
2008Tarbellastraea ellisiana Chaix and Saint Martin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusTarbellastraeaAlloiteau 1950
speciesellisiana(Defrance 1826)

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 ellisiana Defrance 1826
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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 Oligocene to the top of the Serravallian or 33.90000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Tarbellastraea ellisiana (86952)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Tarbellastraea ellisiana (70232 70241 70242 70244 70311 70315 161396 163837)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97France Tarbellastraea ellisiana (70222)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.03 - 11.62Libya Tarbellastraea ellisiana (34499)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Tarbellastraea ellisiana (70191 163838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) Tarbellastraea ellisiana (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran (Khuzestan) Solenastrea ellisiana (87127)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Tarbellastraea ellisiana (70450)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Egypt Tarbellastraea ellisiana (34873 50924 50925 50926)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France Tarbellastraea ellisiana (163846)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France Tarbellastraea ellisiana (70511)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Turkey Solenastrea ellisiana (124456 124509)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Tarbellastraea ellisiana (163845)