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Retiophyllia defilippi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Rhabdophyllia defilippi was named by Stoppani (1865). It is not extant. Its type locality is Brumano, Central Lombardy, Italy, which is in a Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Calcare di Zu Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Thecosmilia defilippi by Frech (1890); it was recombined as Retiophyllia defilippi by Turnsek (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Rhabdophyllia defilippi Stoppani
1890Thecosmilia defilippi Frech
1997Retiophyllia defilippi Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciesdefilippi()

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.

Retiophyllia defilippi Stoppani 1865
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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: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Sevatian or 221.50000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China (Tibet) Retiophyllia defilippi (232838)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) Retiophyllia defilippi (38148)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Slovenia Retiophyllia defilippi (68768)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey (Anatolia) Retiophyllia defilippi (38047)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria (Styria) Retiophyllia defilippi (36516)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Retiophyllia defilippi (36450)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Lombardy) Rhabdophyllia defilippi (38114)