Cellastrea
Blainville, 1830, p.342
Cellastrea Blainville, 1830, p.342 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Favites Link, 1807, p. 162.
Type Species
Astrea irregularis Defrance, 1826, p.377; Subsequent Designation Wells, 1986:12
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Lost; Unknown
Type Locality: Saint-Paul-les-Dax, France (Miocene)
The collection of Defrance was deposited in Caen, and it was destroyed during WWII. Cellastrea irregularis was transferred to Prionastraea by Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849c, p.133.
Synonyms
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