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Trochophyllia melania

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Montlivaltia melania was named by Fromentel (1864).

It was recombined as Trochophyllia melania by Alloiteau (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Montlivaltia melania Fromentel
1952Trochophyllia melania Alloiteau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusTrochophylliaAlloiteau 1952
speciesmelania(Fromentel 1864)

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.

Trochophyllia melania Fromentel 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland (Basel-Landschaft) Trochophyllia melania (233587)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Trochophyllia melania (85959)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Montlivaltia melania (35300)