Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Alternative combination: Sphenotrochopsis alloiteaui
Synonyms: Kionotrochus briarti Alloiteau and Tissier 1958, Kionotrochus montensis Alloiteau and Tissier 1958, Sphenotrochopsis chavani Alloiteau and Tissier 1958, Sphenotrochopsis straeleni Alloiteau and Tissier 1958
Full reference: J. Alloiteau and J. Tissier. 1958. Les madréporaires du montien des petites pyrénées (Comparaison avec ceux du Montien de Mons). Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire naturelle de Toulouse 93:241-293
Belongs to Asterosmilia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2008
See also Alloiteau and Tissier 1958
Sister taxa: Asterosmilia abnormalis, Asterosmilia aliquantula, Asterosmilia compressa, Asterosmilia duncani, Asterosmilia exarata, Asterosmilia hilli, Asterosmilia irregularis, Asterosmilia profunda
Type specimens:
- Asterosmilia alloiteaui: Its type locality is Mons, Goffint, which is in a Danian marine horizon in Belgium
- Kionotrochus briarti: Its type locality is Mons, Goffint, which is in a Danian marine horizon in Belgium.
- Kionotrochus montensis: Its type locality is Mons, Goffint, which is in a Danian marine horizon in Belgium.
- Sphenotrochopsis chavani: Its type locality is Mons, Goffint, which is in a Danian marine horizon in Belgium.
- Sphenotrochopsis straeleni: Its type locality is Mons, Goffint, which is in a Danian marine horizon in Belgium.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
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