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Flabellum acutum

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4943615https://www.gbif.org/species/4943615
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)150700https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=150700
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Flabellum : Flabellum acutum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Flabellum : Flabellum acutum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyFlabellidaeBourne 1905
genusFlabellumLesson 1831
speciesFlabellum acutumMilne-Edwards & Haime 1848
Generic NameFlabellum
Scientific NameFlabellum acutum Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Flabellum acutumspeciesbelongs to Flabellumstated without evidenceMilne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Flabellidae)
Motilitystationary (based on Flabellum)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Flabellum)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Flabellum)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean]. Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93:1-562

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1848Flabellum acutum Milne-Edwards and Haime

References

Chevalier J. P. (1961) Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean], Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93, 1-562
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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