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Thecosmilia virgulina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Calamophyllia virgulina was named by Etallon (1864). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Thecosmilia virgulina by Geyer (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Calamophyllia virgulina Etallon
1955Thecosmilia virgulina Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesvirgulina(Etallon 1864)

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.

Thecosmilia virgulina Etallon 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Indonesia Thecosmilia virgulina (68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Thecosmilia virgulina (90018)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Thecosmilia virgulina (36533 36539)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Azerbaijan Thecosmilia virgulina (78478 78480)