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Alakiria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Volzeiidae

Taxonomy
Alakiria was named by Cuif (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-l Sepkoski's reference number: 919]. It is not extant. Its type is Alakiria sphaeroida.

It was assigned to Volzeiidae by Prinz (1991); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Alakiria Cuif
1991Alakiria Prinz
2002Alakiria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyVolzeiidaeBeauvais 1980
genusAlakiriaCuif 1976

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. †Alakiria Cuif 1976
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Alakiria spheroidea Cuif 1976
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 Lacian to the top of the Hettangian or 221.50000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Chile A. spheroidea (34638)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey (Anatolia) A. sphaeroida (38047)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Chile A. spheroidea (58539)