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Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) cornucopia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia cornucopia was named by Michelotti (1838).

It was recombined as Trochocyathus cornucopia by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) and Duncan (1863); it was recombined as Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) cornucopia by Chevalier (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. antillarum, C. communis, C. gajensis, C. laevigata, Ceratocyathus communis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Turbinolia cornucopia Michelotti
1848Trochocyathus cornucopia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1863Trochocyathus cornucopia Duncan p. 428
1961Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) cornucopia Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801
subgenusCeratocyathus(Seguenza 1863)
speciescornucopia(Michelotti 1838)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:12:28
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:12:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Trochocyathus cornucopia (124415)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Caryophyllia cornucopia (70450)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Ceratocyathus cornucopia (161391)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Caryophyllia cornucopia (70491)