Cyathophyllum tintinnabulum Goldfuss 1826 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae

Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniæ tam ea : quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata = Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der petrefacten Deutschlands und der angränzenden Länder /. 1-76

Belongs to Cyathophyllum according to G. A. Goldfuss 1826

See also d'Orbigny 1850, Kiessling 2004 and Milne-Edwards 1857

Sister taxa: Cyathophyllum (Cyathophyllum), Cyathophyllum aequiseptatum, Cyathophyllum cannopse, Cyathophyllum captiosum, Cyathophyllum dianthus, Cyathophyllum eurekaense, Cyathophyllum nevadense, Cyathophyllum occidens, Cyathophyllum palmeri, Cyathophyllum propevermiculare, Cyathophyllum ramosum, Cyathophyllum robustum, Cyathophyllum rugosum, Cyathophyllum zenkeri

Type specimen: syntype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss 192, a skeleton

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cyathophyllum tintinnabulum in the database

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