Turbinoliidae

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Diagnosis

Corallum solitary (generally conical), free (completely invested by polyp), azooxanthellate, sometimes reproducing by transverse division; septa laminar, composed on one fan system of numerous closely spaced simple trabeculae resulting in a smooth axial margin, not dentate); wall septothecal; endothecal dissepiments and synapticulae absent; intercostal grooves deep, sometimes pitted or perforate; septa arranged in various symmetries but usually hexameral; pali and columella present or absent.

Contains

• Chingchingocyathus Ogbe, 1976, p. 2
• Conocyathus Orbigny, 1849, p. 5
• Paradeltocyathus Yabe and Eguchi, 1937, p. 130
• Notocyathus Tenison-Woods, 1880, p. 9
• Dunocyathus Tenison-Woods, 1878, p. 305
• Pleuropodia Dennant, 1903, p. 214
• Australocyathus Cairns and Parker, 1992, p. 38
• Oryzotrochus Wells, 1959, p. 286
• Cylindrophyllia Yabe and Eguchi, 1937, p. 142
• Eusthenotrochus Wells, 1935, p. 530
• Ilerdopsammia Reig Oriol, 1992, p. 28
• Cryptotrochus Cairns, 1988, p. 709
• Deltocyathoides Yabe and Eguchi, 1932a, p. 389
• Pseudocyathoceras Cairns, 1991, p. 20
• Holcotrochus Dennant, 1902, p. 1
• Laminocyathus Filkorn, 1994, p. 63
• Truncatocyathus Stolarski, 1992, p. 423
• Kionotrochus Dennant, 1906, p. 154
• Kangiliacyathus Floris, 1972
• Palocyathus Filkorn, 1994, p. 57
• Endocyathopora Cairns, 1989, p. 39
• Alatotrochus Cairns, 1994, p. 68
• Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 240
• Pleotrochus Cairns, 1997, p.14
• Batotrochus Wells, 1937, p. 239
• Cytharocyathus Alloiteau, 1952, p. 646
• Foveolocyathus Cairns, 1997, p. 26
• Idiotrochus Wells, 1935, p. 532
• Levicyathus Filkorn, 1994, p. 59
• Koilotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1878, p. 313
• Sphenotrochopsis Alloiteau and Tissier, 1958, p. 268
• Citharocyathus Alcock, 1902b, p. 118
• Cyathotrochus Bourne, 1905, p. 192
• Pleurocyathus Keferstein, 1859, p. 364
• Stylocyathus Reuss, 1856, p. 266
• Aldrichia Vaughan, 1900, p. 71
• Trematotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1879, p. 59
• Aldrichiella Vaughan, 1903, p.101
• Platytrochus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 246
• Nototrochus Duncan, 1865, p. 17
• Turbinolia Lamarck, 1816, p. 229
• Alveolocyathus Filkorn, 1994, p. 60
• Coronocyathus Alloiteau and Tissier, 1958, 286
• Tropidocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 326
• Bothrophoria Felix, 1909, p. 9
• Wellsotrochus Squires, 1960, p. 57 (ex Wellsia Squires)
• Peponocyathus Gravier, 1915, p. 5
• Dominicotrochus Wells, 1937, 248
• Thrypticotrochus Cairns, 1989, p. 37
• Lissotrochus Cairns, 2004, p. 298

This page has been in preparation since 02-Oct-2009 17:15

This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 02-Oct-2009 17:15.

Page authors are: Stephen D. Cairns. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns