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Sphenotrochus milletianus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia milletiana was named by Defrance (1828).

It was recombined as Sphenotrochus milletianus by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Turbinolia milletiana Defrance
1848Sphenotrochus milletianus 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
speciesmilletianus(Defrance 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.

†Sphenotrochus milletianus Defrance 1828
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588France (Basse-Normandie) Sphenotrochus milletianus (84623 84624)