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Eunomia

Lamouroux, 1821, p. 83

Eunomia Lamouroux, 1821, p. 83 is a junior homonym (unavailable).

Eunomia was preoccupied by a lepidoptera (Hübner 1818) and a polychaete worm (Rafinesque 1815). The type-species was reclassified within the genus Lochmaeosmilia Wells (1943)

Type Species

Eunomia radiata Lamouroux 1821, p. 83, tab. 81 fig. 10-11; Monotypy

Type Specimen: Neotype; MNHN R10931; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Bathonian near Caen (Benouville and Luc cliffs, Abbaye aux dames…; Normandy, France)

The neotype of the type-species is a sample polished at some small places. Most of corallites are dissolved.

Description

(From the neotype) Phaceloid corallum with small corallites keeping in close connection, externally periodically marked by costae and by striae and growth wrinkles. Intracalicular increase.

Remarks

A description is done in Alloiteau 1957, p.174

This page has been in preparation since 18-Aug-2009 17:41

This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 04-Mar-2011 09:45.

Page authors are: Bernard Lathuilière. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Bernard Lathuilière


Neotype of Eunomia radiata Lamouroux
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Neotype of Eunomia radiata Lamouroux
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Neotype of Eunomia radiata Lamouroux
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Neotype of Eunomia radiata Lamouroux
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