Acervularia

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Phylum:Cnidaria
Subphylum:Anthozoa
Class:Rugosa
Order:Stauriida
Acervularia
Temporal range: SilurianDevonian
Fossil of Acervularia ananas, on display at Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: 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.[1][2]

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