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Cleistopora
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Favositina
Superfamily:
Favositicae
Family:
Cleistoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cleistopora NICHOLSON, 1888, p. 150
Type Species:
Michelinia geometrica MILNE-EDWARDS & HAIME, 1851, p. 252; 00; tnow missing, MN, Paris
Images
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Fig. 380, 2a-c. *C. geometrica (MILNE-EDWARDS & HAIME),
France, Vire and Loue, Sarthe; a, calical view, X2.0; b, transv. sec. showing straight mural pores, X4.0; c, long. sec., X12.0 (Smyth, 1933a).
Synonyms
Leptopora, ?Squameophyllum, Paracleistopora, Cleistodictyum
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(France-Ger.) -N.Afr.(Alg.); ?L.Miss. (Tournais.), N.Am.(Iowa-lIl.-Mo.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Couvin.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Corallum small, discoid, usually attached; holothecate; corallites short, prismatic, with dense walls pierced by sparse, straight or nearly straight mural pores; lumina filled with reticulate tissue developed from the perforate septa and crossed by thin, widely separated tabulae [see SMYTH, 1933a, p. 169;
PLUSQUELLEC, 1976, p. 7].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Favositina
Superfamily:
Favositicae
Family:
Cleistoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cleistopora NICHOLSON, 1888, p. 150
Type Species:
Michelinia geometrica MILNE-EDWARDS & HAIME, 1851, p. 252; 00; tnow missing, MN, Paris
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 380, 2a-c. *C. geometrica (MILNE-EDWARDS & HAIME),
France, Vire and Loue, Sarthe; a, calical view, X2.0; b, transv. sec. showing straight mural pores, X4.0; c, long. sec., X12.0 (Smyth, 1933a).
Synonyms
Leptopora, ?Squameophyllum, Paracleistopora, Cleistodictyum
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(France-Ger.) -N.Afr.(Alg.); ?L.Miss. (Tournais.), N.Am.(Iowa-lIl.-Mo.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Couvin.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Corallum small, discoid, usually attached; holothecate; corallites short, prismatic, with dense walls pierced by sparse, straight or nearly straight mural pores; lumina filled with reticulate tissue developed from the perforate septa and crossed by thin, widely separated tabulae [see SMYTH, 1933a, p. 169;
PLUSQUELLEC, 1976, p. 7].