Cyathophyllum tintinnabulum Goldfuss 1826 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae

Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniæ tam ea : quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata = Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der petrefacten Deutschlands und der angränzenden Länder /. 1-76

Belongs to Cyathophyllum according to G. A. Goldfuss 1826

See also d'Orbigny 1850 and Kiessling 2004

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

Type specimen: syntype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss 192, a skeleton

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cyathophyllum tintinnabulum in the database

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