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Montlivaultia retorta

Astraeidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia retorta was named by Michelin (1846). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lasmophyllia retorta by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Montlivaultia retorta by Milne-Edwards (1857).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Caryophyllia retorta Michelin p. 223 figs. pl. 54 fig. 4
1850Lasmophyllia retorta d'Orbigny p. 321
1857Montlivaultia retorta Milne-Edwards p. 309

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RankNameAuthor
familyAstraeidae
speciesMontlivaultia retorta()
RankNameAuthor
speciesretorta()

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Montlivaultia retorta Michelin 1846
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