Conotrochus
Seguenza, 1864, p. 83 (477)
Type Species
C. typus Seguenza, 1864, p. 83 (477), pl. 10, fig. 1a-e; Original Designation
Type Specimen: Syntype; NHMW ; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Pliocene: Sicily, Italy
4 syntypes (see Zibrowius, 1991)
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Corallum solitary, ceratoid to trochoid, free or attached by a small pedicel often augmented by a contiguous basal rootlet; theca thick, covered with epitheca; upper outer edges of septa join theca below wall thus forming a continuous gutter; paliform lobes may be before S2; columella compose of twisted lamellae.
Remarks
About 2 fossil species and 3 Recent species
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:35
This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 25-Feb-2013 14:45.
Page authors are: Stephen D. Cairns Rosemarie Baron-Szabo Francesca Benzoni Francesca Bosellini Ann Budd Jill Darrell Bert Hoeksema. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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