Scleractinia taxon details
Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus (Sequenza, 1864) †
1453145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1453145)
accepted
Species
Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus formosus Hu, 1987 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ceratotrochus typus (Sequenza, 1864) † · alternative representation
Conotrochus typus Seguenza, 1864 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
- Subspecies Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus formosus Hu, 1987 † accepted as Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus (Sequenza, 1864) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus var. australiensis (Duncan, 1870) † accepted as Ceratotrochus australiensis (Duncan, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Conotrochus typus Seguenza, 1864 †) Seguenza, G. (1863-1864). Disquisizioni paleontologiche intorno ai corallarii fossili delle rocce Terziarie del distretto di Messina. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie II.</em> 21: 399-458, ples 1-5 [1863], 459-560, pls. 6-15 [1864]., available online at http://archive.org/details/mobot32044093290419 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus (Sequenza, 1864) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1453145 on 2026-07-05
original description
(of Conotrochus typus Seguenza, 1864 †) Seguenza, G. (1863-1864). Disquisizioni paleontologiche intorno ai corallarii fossili delle rocce Terziarie del distretto di Messina. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie II.</em> 21: 399-458, ples 1-5 [1863], 459-560, pls. 6-15 [1864]., available online at http://archive.org/details/mobot32044093290419 [details]
original description (of Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus formosus Hu, 1987 †) Hu CH. (1987). Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Society of China.</em> 8:31-48, pls. 1-3. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Squires DF. (1958). The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 29: 1-107, pls. 1-16. [details]
additional source Squires DF. (1961). Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2046: 1-48.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1958). Scleractinian Corals. <em>British-Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 Reports Series B.</em> 6(11): 257-275, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 258, 259, 265, 272, Plate I, Figs. 14, 15 [details]
original description (of Ceratotrochus (Conotrochus) typus formosus Hu, 1987 †) Hu CH. (1987). Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Society of China.</em> 8:31-48, pls. 1-3. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Squires DF. (1958). The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 29: 1-107, pls. 1-16. [details]
additional source Squires DF. (1961). Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2046: 1-48.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1958). Scleractinian Corals. <em>British-Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 Reports Series B.</em> 6(11): 257-275, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 258, 259, 265, 272, Plate I, Figs. 14, 15 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Conotrochus typus Seguenza, 1864) MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Conotrochus typus Seguenza, 1864) NHMW, verbatimGeounit Pliocene: Sicily, It... [details]