Scleractinia name details
Heterophyllia d'Orbigny, 1849 †
1452817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1452817)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Meandrina macroreina Michelin, 1847 † accepted as Taxogyra macroreina (Michelin, 1847) † (type by monotypy)
- Species Heterophyllia macroreina (Michelin, 1847) † accepted as Meandrastrea macroreina (Michelin, 1847) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1849). Note sur des Polypiers fossiles. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2e sér.</em> 1: 526-538. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Heterophyllia d'Orbigny, 1849 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1452817 on 2025-05-13
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original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1849). Note sur des Polypiers fossiles. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2e sér.</em> 1: 526-538. [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1937). New genera of Mesozoic and Cenozoic corals. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 11: 73-77. [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1937). New genera of Mesozoic and Cenozoic corals. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 11: 73-77. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Remark Because Heterophyllia d'Orbigny, 1850, represents a junior homonym of the Carboniferous coral Heterophyllia McCoy, 1849, Wells (1937) created the new genus name Taxogyra for d'Orbigny's taxon. [details]