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Lophiostroma schmidtii

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae

Taxonomy
Labechia schmidtii was named by Nicholson (1886). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Lophiostroma schmidtii by Webby (2015); it was misspelled as Lophiostroma schmidti by Novack-Gottshall (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Labechia schmidtii Nicholson
1908Chalazodes granulatum Parks
1957Lophiostroma schmidti Galloway p. 439
2015Lophiostroma schmidtii Webby p. 750
2025Lophiostroma schmidti Novack-Gottshall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
orderLabechiidaKühn 1927
RankNameAuthor
familyLophiostromatidaeNestor 1966
genusLophiostromaNicholson 1891
speciesschmidtii(Nicholson 1886)

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.

Lophiostroma schmidtii Nicholson 1886
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Invalid names: Chalazodes granulatum Parks 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available