Cyathophyllum captiosum de Gregorio 1930 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae

Full reference: A. de Gregorio. 1930. Sul Permiano di Sicilia (fossili del calcare con Fusulina di Palazzo Adriano non descritti dal Prof. G. Gemmellaro conservati nel mio privato gabinetto). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 52:1-70

Belongs to Cyathophyllum according to A. de Gregorio 1930

Sister taxa: Cyathophyllum (Cyathophyllum), Cyathophyllum aequiseptatum, Cyathophyllum cannopse, Cyathophyllum dianthus, Cyathophyllum eurekaense, Cyathophyllum funatum, Cyathophyllum nevadense, Cyathophyllum occidens, Cyathophyllum palmeri, Cyathophyllum propevermiculare, Cyathophyllum ramosum, Cyathophyllum robustum, Cyathophyllum rugosum, Cyathophyllum tintinnabulum, Cyathophyllum zenkeri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll), which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll)

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