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Manicina pliocenica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Manicina pliocenica was named by Gane (1895).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Manicina pliocenica Gane

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusManicinaEhrenberg 1834
speciespliocenicaGane 1895

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.

Manicina pliocenica Gane 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:28:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:28:12
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Manicina pliocenica (93737 93792)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Manicina pliocenica (79958)