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Trochocyathus plicatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia plicata was named by Michelotti (1838).

It was recombined as Trochocyathus plicatus by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Turbinolia plicata Michelotti
1848Trochocyathus plicatus Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesplicatus(Michelotti 1838)

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.

Trochocyathus plicatus Michelotti 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 11:37:19
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:42:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Trochocyathus plicatus (163836)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Trochocyathus plicatus (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Trochocyathus plicatus (161618)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Trochocyathus plicatus (70491 70496 70497 70498)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Trochocyathus plicatus (161391)