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Circophyllia truncata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Anthophyllum truncatum was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Circophyllia truncata by Felix (1925).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Anthophyllum truncatum Goldfuss
1925Circophyllia truncata Felix
1969Ghirobocyathus lagaensis Barta-Calmus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
genusCircophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciestruncata(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Circophyllia truncata Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Ghirobocyathus lagaensis Barta-Calmus 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Cote D'Ivoire Ghirobocyathus lagaensis (78687 209339)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0France (Loire-Atlantique) Circophyllia truncata (122893 122897 122901)