Deltocyathus
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 325
Type Species
Turbinolia italica Michelotti, 1838, p. 51, pl. 1, fig. 8; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Lost; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Middle Miocene: Italy
Type lost (Chevalier, 1961). Type species well described by Chevalier (1961).
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Corallum solitary, discoidal to patellate, free (sometimes with a scar of previous attachment at center of base); septothecate, granular or ridged costae present; pali on all septal cycles, the axial edges of the P3 joining the P2 near the columella in a characteristic deltoid formation; columella papillose.
Remarks
About a dozen fossil species and 25 Recent species. It is one of the more commonly collected of the deep-sea genera.
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This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 30-Oct-2008 11:46.
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The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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