Acervularia
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| Fossil of Acervularia ananas, on display at Natural History Museum, London | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Subclass: | †Rugosa |
| Order: | †Stauriida |
| Family: | †Acervulariidae |
| Genus: | †Acervularia Schweigger, 1819 |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
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