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Turbinaria cyathiformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Gemmipora cyathiformis was named by de Blainville (1830).

It was recombined as Turbinaria cyathiformis by Chevalier (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Gemmipora cyathiformis de Blainville
1961Turbinaria cyathiformis Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTurbinariaOken 1815
speciescyathiformis(de Blainville 1830)

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.

†Turbinaria cyathiformis de Blainville 1830
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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: 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 Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 28.10000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Turbinaria cyathiformis (22968 70067 163836)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) Turbinaria cyathiformis (88796)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Turbinaria cyathiformis (70241 70242 70315 161396 163837)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97France Turbinaria cyathiformis (70222)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) Turbinaria cyathiformis (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Turbinaria cyathiformis (70191 163838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Turbinaria cyathiformis (70450)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Spain Turbinaria cyathiformis (70413)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France Turbinaria cyathiformis (163846)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France Turbinaria cyathiformis (70511)