Pseudocyathoceras

Cairns, 1991, p. 20

Type Species

Kionotrochus avis Durham and Barnard, 1952, p. 88, pl. 11, fig. 50a-b, pl. 12, fig. 50c; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Recent: Galapagos, 110 m

The types (holotype and 2 paratypes) were transferred from the AHF to the SDMNH in 1991. The original AHF catalog number was 16 and later changed to 50.1. Type species well described and illustrated by Cairns (1991).

Classification

• Family: Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Diagnosis

Corallum trochoid, up to 6 mm in GCD; theca imperforate; costal origin independent, finely granular; septa decamerally arranged in 3 cycles (i.e., 30 septa); pali absent; columella fascicular.

Remarks

This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which includes a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Contains only one species, as K. hoodensis Durham and Barnard, 1952 is a junior synonym of the type species. Figures: Cairns 1997: figs. 2e, 5f

Distribution

• Eastern Pacific; Recent

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This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 18-Nov-2008 20:18.

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