Biology:Acervularia

Short description: Extinct genus of corals

Acervularia Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Acervularia ananas, on display at Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Subclass:	†Rugosa
Order:	†Stauriida
Family:	†Acervulariidae
Genus:	†Acervularia Schweigger, 1819
Synonyms
Arachnium Keyserling 1846 Cyathogonium Chapman 1893 Favastrea Blainville 1834 Floscularia Eichwald 1829 Rhabdophyllum Wedekind 1927

Acervularia is an extinct genus of horn coral. These stationary epifaunal suspension feeders lived during the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow ages) and Devonian periods.

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian of United States and in the Silurian of Canada , Norway , Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom .

References

Wikidata ☰ Q98113789 entry