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Indosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Indosmilia was named by Gerth (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol T Mi].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Indosmilia Gerth
1956Indosmilia Wells
2002Indosmilia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusIndosmiliaGerth 1933

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. †Indosmilia Gerth 1933
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Indosmilia bantamensis Yabe and Eguchi 1941
Indosmilia glabrata Reuss 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: solitaryg
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: 2008-02-06 00:44:40
Modified: 2008-02-06 02:44:40
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Burdigalian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) Epismilia glabrata (91647)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) I. bantamensis (62859)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia I. bantamensis (92582)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran I. rembangensis (25257) I. sp. (25258)