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Comalia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae

Taxonomy
Comalia was named by Wells (1932). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Carolastraeidae by Löser et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Comalia Wells
2021Comalia Löser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAmphiastraeinaAlloiteau 1952
familyCarolastraeidaeEliasova 1976
genusComaliaWells 1932

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.

G. †Comalia Wells 1932
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Comalia fasciculata Wells 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Barremian or 139.80000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Spain C. fasciculata (220703)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan (Kochi) C. asiatica (91350)