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Tubicora aylmeri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Parasmiliidae

Taxonomy
Calamophyllia aylmeri was named by Gregory (1900). Its type specimen is 1. Its type locality is Auradu, Auradu Limestone, which is in a Paleocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Auradu Limestone Formation of Somalia. It is the type species of Tubicora.

It was recombined as Tubicora aylmeri by Gregory (1990) and Carbone (1993).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Calamophyllia aylmeri Gregory
1929Tubicora somaliensis Latham
1958Sagittastraea piveteaui Alloiteau and Tissier
1990Tubicora aylmeri Gregory
1993Tubicora aylmeri Carbone

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
familyParasmiliidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusTubicoraLatham 1929
speciesaylmeri()

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.

Tubicora aylmeri Gregory 1900
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Invalid names: Sagittastraea piveteaui Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 [synonym], Tubicora somaliensis Latham 1929 [synonym]
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 Danian to the top of the Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Sagittastraea piveteaui (76890)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Somalia Calamophyllia aylmeri (type locality: 87396)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Somalia Tubicora aylmeri (45854)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Somalia Tubicora somaliensis (71063 71065 71066 71067)