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Conophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Procyclolitidae

Taxonomy
Conophyllia was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn Sepkoski's reference number: 919].

It was assigned to Procyclolitidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Conophyllia d'Orbigny
1956Conophyllia Wells
2002Conophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyProcyclolitidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusConophylliad'Orbigny 1849

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. †Conophyllia d'Orbigny 1849
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Conophyllia boletiformis Munster 1841
Conophyllia clepsydrae Kolosvary 1958
Conophyllia granulosa Munster 1841
Conophyllia hellenica Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan 1994
Conophyllia omphale Kolosvary 1958
Conophyllia radiciformis Klipstein 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 04:28:46
Modified: 2008-02-10 06:17:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Sevatian or 247.20000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Baranya) C. recondita, C. clepsydrae, C. omphale (78645)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Greece C. hellenica (38018)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Austria C. sp., C. hellenica (85472)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.56 - 205.6China (Xizang) C. sp. (110543)