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Omphalophyllia pygmaea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Conophyllidae

Taxonomy
Montlivaltia pygmaea was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Omphalophyllia pygmaea by Laube (1865).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. bittneri, O. gracilia, O. laubei, O. recondita, O. zitteli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Montlivaltia pygmaea Münster p. 36 figs. Pl 2, fig 14
1865Omphalophyllia pygmaea Laube p. 33 figs. Pl 3, fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeofungiinaAlloiteau 1952
familyConophyllidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOmphalophyllia
speciespygmaea()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Omphalophyllia pygmaea Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available