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Trochocyathus striatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochosmilia (Acrosmilia) striata was named by Gabb (1864). Its type specimen is UCMP 12256 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Trochocyathus striatus by Hanna (1927) and Squires (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. affinis, T. gajensis, T. nummiformis, T. nummuliticus, T. rawsoni, T. durhami, T. elongatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Trochosmilia (Acrosmilia) striata Gabb pp. 207-208 figs. pl. 26, fig. 195
1927Trochocyathus striatus Hanna p. 269
1984Trochocyathus striatus Squires p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesstriatus()

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: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 11:37:19
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:42:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Trochocyathus striatus (200271)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Trochocyathus striatus (8014 8017 205252)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Trochocyathus striatus (8012 8013 8015 200145 200838 200841 200847 201239 201254 201257 201259 201261 201702 201703 201704 207151 207168)