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Cyclomussa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Cyclomussa was named by Wells (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol].

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mussidae by Wells (1941), Wells (1956) and López-Pérez (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Cyclomussa Wells p. 316
1956Cyclomussa Wells
2002Cyclomussa Sepkoski
2005Cyclomussa López-Pérez p. 83

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

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. †Cyclomussa Wells 1941
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Cyclomussa carryensis Matheron 1900
Cyclomussa concinna Wells 1941
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: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 33.90000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru C. concinna (86945)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France C. carryensis (70315)