Cystihalysites Chernyshev 1941 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae

Alternative spelling: Halysites (Cystihalysites)

Parent taxon: Halysitinae according to J. W. Murray 1985

See also McAllister 1974 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthohalysites, Falsicatenipora, Halysites, Hexismia, Schedohalysites, Solenihalysites, Spumaeolites

Subtaxa: Cystihalysites deplanatus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Clinton of Canada (6: British Columbia collections)

• Silurian of Belarus (2), Canada (13: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), the Russian Federation (11), Sweden (6), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Alaska, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (1)

Total: 50 collections including 55 occurrences

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