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Strombodes

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Ketophyllina
    Family:  
Kyphophyllidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Strombodes SCHWEIGEER, 1819, Table vi
    Type Species:  
Madrepora stellaris Linné, 1758, p. 795, SD MCCOY, 1849, p. 10, thot traced


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Fig. 140,la,b. *S. stellaris (LINNE); a, Sil., God., ext. view, X1; b, Ludlov., Hemse Gr., God., Ostergarn, long. sec., X1(Smith, 1945).


Synonyms

Strombastraea


Geographic Distribution

Eu.(Gotl.)


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

Phaceloid, with periodical expansions of lonsdaleoid dissepimentaria neighboring corallites into contact; major septa long, possibly convolute in wide tabularium; immediately after rejuvenescence commonly no dissepimentarium present and minor septa rudimentary; tabular floors domes with edges turned out or up and broad axial depression, tabulae complete or more commonly incomplete. [Neotype required; diagnosis based on Ludlovian specimen figured by SMITH (1945, pI. 29, fig. 1,2). See also LINDSTROM, 1896a, p. 631.]




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