Acervularia

Acervularia; Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Acervularia ananas, on display at Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
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]

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