Cystiphyllum adrianense de Gregorio 1930 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae

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 Cystiphyllum according to A. de Gregorio 1930

Sister taxa: Cystiphyllum (Cruciphyllum), Cystiphyllum (Cysticonophyllum), Cystiphyllum (Gyalophyllum), Cystiphyllum (Gyaloplasma), Cystiphyllum (Hedstroemophyllum), Cystiphyllum vesiculosum, Cystiphyllum visbyense

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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