Acervularia

Acervularia
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
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]

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.[1]

References

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