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Mussismilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Mussismilia was named by Ortmann (1890). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractina by Sepkoski (2002); to Scleractinia by Perrin (2000) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Faviinae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Mussismilia Ortmann
2000Mussismilia Perrin
2000Mussismilia Veron p. 32
2002Mussisiilia Sepkoski
2002Mussisilia Sepkoski
2012Mussismilia Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusMussismiliaOrtmann 1890

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. Mussismilia Ortmann 1890
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Mussismilia harttii Verrill 1868
Mussismilia hispida Verrill 1901
†Mussismilia provincialis Matheron 1900
†Mussismilia vindobonensis Chevalier 1961
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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Turkey M. sp. (111678)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France M. sp. (70067 163836)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Turkey (Denizli) M. sp. (88771)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France M. sp., M. provincialis (70315)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Turkey M. sp. (62460)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Spain M. sanmiguelensis, M. vindobonensis (70415) M. vindobonensis (70412 70413 70414 70416)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain M. sp. (69779)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria M. sp. (146225)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Egypt M. provincialis (50926) M. sp. (34873 50903)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Turkey M. sp. (62464)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France M. sp. (70317) M. sp., M. vindobonensis (70410) M. vindobonensis (70318)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovenia M. vindobonensis (22969)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama M. harttii (120358) M. hispida (120360 120390 120392)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) M. hispida (35026)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica M. harttii (71395 71398)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica M. harttii (71418 71419)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica M. harttii (71773 71774)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama M. harttii (120202) M. hispida (120354)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Pernambuco) M. hispida (97706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) M. braziliensis, M. harttii (97665) M. hispida, M. braziliensis, M. harttii (97664)