Scleractinia taxon details
Balanophyllia caulifera (Conrad, 1847) †
1347742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1347742)
accepted
Species
Balanophyllia caulifera var. multigranosa Vaughan, 1900 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Osteodes caulifera (Conrad, 1847) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turbinolia caulifera Conrad, 1847 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
- Variety Balanophyllia caulifera var. multigranosa Vaughan, 1900 † accepted as Balanophyllia caulifera (Conrad, 1847) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Turbinolia caulifera Conrad, 1847 †) Conrad, T. A. (1847). Observations on the Eocene formation and description of one hundred and five new fossils of that period from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(11): 280-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659549
page(s): 296 [details]
page(s): 296 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia caulifera (Conrad, 1847) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1347742 on 2025-09-11
original description
(of Turbinolia caulifera Conrad, 1847 †) Conrad, T. A. (1847). Observations on the Eocene formation and description of one hundred and five new fossils of that period from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(11): 280-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659549
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia caulifera var. multigranosa Vaughan, 1900 †) Vaughan TW. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. <em>Monographs of the United States Geological Survey.</em> 39:1-263, pls. 1-24. [details]
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia caulifera var. multigranosa Vaughan, 1900 †) Vaughan TW. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. <em>Monographs of the United States Geological Survey.</em> 39:1-263, pls. 1-24. [details]
Unknown type (of Turbinolia caulifera Conrad, 1847) ANSP, verbatimGeounit Eocene: Vicksburg, M... [details]