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Billingsaria parvituba

Anthozoa - Sarcinulida - Billingsariidae

Taxonomy
Columnaria parvituba was named by Troedsson (1928).

It was recombined as Billingsaria parvituba by Pandolfi (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Columnaria parvituba Troedsson p. 114 figs. Pl. 28, fig. 6; Pl. 29, fig. 4
1985Billingsaria parvituba Pandolfi pp. 20 - 21 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderSarcinulidaSokolov 1950
RankNameAuthor
familyBillingsariidaeOkulitch 1936
subfamilyBillingsariinaeOkulitch 1936
genusBillingsariaOkulitch 1936
speciesparvituba(Troedsson 1928)

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.

Billingsaria parvituba Troedsson 1928
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. M. Pandolfi 1985Coralla are cerioid with four-, five- and six-sided corallites. Mean tabularia diameter is 1 .3 mm. Walls are from 0.2-0.3 mm thick. Septa are long, extending nearly to the center in well preserved forms where they may meet to form an axial columnella. Many septa have bulbous tips.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Maysvillian or 451.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Billingsaria parvituba (26950)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Billingsaria parvituba (26943)