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Culicia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae

Taxonomy
Culicia was named by Dana (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R]. It is extant.

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

Species
C. parasita
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. rubeola

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Culicia Dana
1956Culicia Wells
2002Culicia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyRhizangiidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusCuliciaDana 1846

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. Culicia Dana 1846
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†Culicia parasita Michelin 1847
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-06 03:08:01
Modified: 2008-02-06 05:08:01
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Wells 1956, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Gelasian or 28.10000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Aquitaine) C. parasita (88795)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France C. intercostata, C. parasitica (163836)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) C. parasita (88796)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France C. parasita (70242) C. parasitica (70315 163837)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France C. parasitica (66288 163838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) C. parasita (88799)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy C. parasitica (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) C. parasita (88797)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France C. parasita (70312)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France C. parasitica (163846)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France C. parasitica (70510 70511)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Pays de la Loire) C. parasita (88801)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France C. parasitica (163845)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Aquitaine) C. parasita (88798)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France C. parasitica (34609)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246France C. parasitica (70512)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333France C. parasitica (163847)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588France (Basse-Normandie) C. parasitica (84622)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588France (Pays de la Loire) C. parasita (88800)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece C. parasitica (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) C. rubeola (85098)