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Sphenotrochus pulchellus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Sphenotrochus pulchellus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Sphenotrochus pulchellus Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusSphenotrochusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciespulchellusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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.

Sphenotrochus pulchellus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Architecture: compact or denseg
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:33:05
Modified: 2008-03-19 06:54:10
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Sphenotrochus pulchellus (75455)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Ukraine (Dnipropetrovska Oblast) Sphenotrochus pulchellus (86778)