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Spongophylloides
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Actinocystinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Spongophylloides MEYER, 1881, p. 109
Type Species:
S. schumanni, OD, thot traced, =Cystiphyllum grayi Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851, p. 465, tlectotype A4830, SM, Cambridge, by Lang & SMITH, 1927, p. 480
Images
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Fig. 155,2a-c. *S. grayi (Milne-Edwards& Haime), a, septal symmetry diagram, C, cardinal septum, K, counter septum, K L, counter lateral septa, K m, first minor septa, A, alar septa, b.c, Wenlock Ls., Dudley, U.K., transv., long. secs., X2 (Butler, 1934)
Synonyms
Actinocystis
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (U.K.-Gotl.-Czech.-?Podolia-Polar Urals)-N.Am.(Okla.-Ore.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
419
Description
Solitary, subturbinate or trochoid, major septa unequal, reaching or nearly reaching axis but not extending peripherally much beyond tabularium, septa zigzag and flanged or waved parallel to their distal edges, Km elongate, tabular floors of elongate tabellae sloping gently to median shallow trough, dissepimentarium wide, of small lonsdaleoid dissepiments [BUTLER, 1934, p. 541].
References
Meyer, Georg, 1881, Rugose Korallen als ost- und westpreussiche Diluvial-Geschiebe: K. Phys.Oekon. Ges., Königsberg, Schr., v. 22, p. 97110 , pl. 5.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Actinocystinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Spongophylloides MEYER, 1881, p. 109
Type Species:
S. schumanni, OD, thot traced, =Cystiphyllum grayi Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851, p. 465, tlectotype A4830, SM, Cambridge, by Lang & SMITH, 1927, p. 480
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 155,2a-c. *S. grayi (Milne-Edwards& Haime), a, septal symmetry diagram, C, cardinal septum, K, counter septum, K L, counter lateral septa, K m, first minor septa, A, alar septa, b.c, Wenlock Ls., Dudley, U.K., transv., long. secs., X2 (Butler, 1934)
Synonyms
Actinocystis
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (U.K.-Gotl.-Czech.-?Podolia-Polar Urals)-N.Am.(Okla.-Ore.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
419
Description
Solitary, subturbinate or trochoid, major septa unequal, reaching or nearly reaching axis but not extending peripherally much beyond tabularium, septa zigzag and flanged or waved parallel to their distal edges, Km elongate, tabular floors of elongate tabellae sloping gently to median shallow trough, dissepimentarium wide, of small lonsdaleoid dissepiments [BUTLER, 1934, p. 541].
References
Meyer, Georg, 1881, Rugose Korallen als ost- und westpreussiche Diluvial-Geschiebe: K. Phys.Oekon. Ges., Königsberg, Schr., v. 22, p. 97110 , pl. 5.