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Flabellum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Caryophylliina
Superfamily:
Flabellicae
Family:
Flabellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Flabellum LESSON, 1831
Type Species:
F. pavoninum
Images
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Fig. 336,3a,b. " F. pavoninum, Rec., Hawaii, 375 m.; X0.5 (146). -- Fig. 336,3c. F. alabastrum Moseley, Rec., off Azores, 1,750 m., X0.5 (97)
Synonyms
Phyllodes, Blastotrochus, ?Ulocyathus, Vasillum, Lithomyces, Placotrochides
Geographic Distribution
cosmop., depth range 33,183 m.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Cuneiform to compressed turbinate, free. Septa numerous. Columella absent or very feeble.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Caryophylliina
Superfamily:
Flabellicae
Family:
Flabellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Flabellum LESSON, 1831
Type Species:
F. pavoninum
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 336,3a,b. " F. pavoninum, Rec., Hawaii, 375 m.; X0.5 (146). -- Fig. 336,3c. F. alabastrum Moseley, Rec., off Azores, 1,750 m., X0.5 (97)
Synonyms
Phyllodes, Blastotrochus, ?Ulocyathus, Vasillum, Lithomyces, Placotrochides
Geographic Distribution
cosmop., depth range 33,183 m.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Cuneiform to compressed turbinate, free. Septa numerous. Columella absent or very feeble.