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Areopsammia alacca

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cyclolites alacca was named by Morren (1828).

It was recombined as Areopsammia alacca by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Cyclolites alacca Morren
1917Areopsammia maestrichtensis Dietrich
2008Areopsammia alacca Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusAreopsammiaDietrich 1917
speciesalacca(Morren 1828)

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.

Areopsammia alacca Morren 1828
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Invalid names: Areopsammia maestrichtensis Dietrich 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialg
Clonal: yesg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindg
Reproduction: alternatingg
Asexual: yesg
Dispersal: waterg
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2014-06-11 06:43:41
Modified: 2014-06-11 06:43:41
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Wells 1956, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Areopsammia alacca (85268 85270 85272 85273)