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Stelidioseris bellensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrocoenia bellensis was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is Santa Fe railroad quarry, Belton, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Comanche Peak Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Actinastrea bellensis by Löser (2008); it was recombined as Stelidioseris bellensis by Löser (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Astrocoenia bellensis Wells
2008Actinastrea bellensis Löser
2012Stelidioseris bellensis Löser

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusStelidioserisTomes 1893
speciesbellensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Middle Albian or 140.20000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Aptian140.2 - 122.46Tanzania Actinastrea bellensis (85376)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) Astrocoenia bellensis (type locality: 123329)