Multisolenia Fritz 1937 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Multisoleniidae

Parent taxon: Multisoleniinae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Klaamann 1964 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Mesosolenia, Priscosolenia, Sparsisolenia

Subtaxa: Multisolenia excelsa Multisolenia extrema Multisolenia temperans Multisolenia tortuosa Multisolenia tortuosaeformis

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Type: Multisolenia tortuosa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (13: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec collections), China (10), Estonia (4), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (41), United States (6: Alaska), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 78 collections including 87 occurrences

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