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Tubicora

Latham, 1929, p. 277

Type Species

Tubicora somaliensis Latham, 1929: 277, pl. 1, fig. 6; Original Designation Latham, 1929: 277

Type Specimen: Holotype; NHMUK ; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Eocene of Somalia.

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Colonial, phaceloid to subreptoid. Gemmation extracalicinal. Corallites cylindrical, connected by cross-tubuli. Costosepta compact. Columella styliform to substyliform. Endotheca scarcely developed. Wall septothecal and septoparathecal.

This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36

This version was contributed by Ann Budd on 22-Jun-2012 16:14.

Page authors are: Ann Budd Rosemarie Baron-Szabo. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns


Tubicora ayleri (Gregory, 1900), figured as holotype of Sagittastraea pivetaui Alloiteau and Tissier, 1958
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