Scleractinia taxon details
Plesiosmilia Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
1440326 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440326)
accepted
Genus
Plesiosmilia turbinata Milaschewitsch, 1876 † (type by subsequent designation)
Lophosmilia (Plesiosmilia) Milaschewitsch, 1876 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Species Plesiosmilia cylindrata Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Plesiosmilia excavata Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Plesiosmilia hemisphaerica Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Plesiosmilia infundibuliformis Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Plesiosmilia sessilis Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Plesiosmilia tombecki Alloiteau, 1936 †
- Species Plesiosmilia turbinata Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Plesiosmilia truncata Koby, 1880 † accepted as Axosmilia truncata (Koby, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Plesiosmilia villersensis (Koby, 1898) † accepted as Pleurosmilia villersensis Koby, 1898 † accepted as Axosmilia villersensis (Koby, 1898) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Milaschewitsch C. (1876). Die Korallen der Nattheimer Schichten. Zweite Abteilung. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 21 (7): 182-243, pls. 36-51. [details]
Description Solitary cylindroconical corallum. Epitheca present and covering costae. Radial elements compact, free, bicuneiform, rather...
Description Solitary cylindroconical corallum. Epitheca present and covering costae. Radial elements compact, free, bicuneiform, rather straight, unequal arranged in radial symmetry, clearly exsert. Bilateral symmetry characterised by the lamellar columella. Endotheca abundant. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Plesiosmilia Milaschewitsch, 1876 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440326 on 2025-05-04
Date
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original description
Milaschewitsch C. (1876). Die Korallen der Nattheimer Schichten. Zweite Abteilung. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 21 (7): 182-243, pls. 36-51. [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Solitary cylindroconical corallum. Epitheca present and covering costae. Radial elements compact, free, bicuneiform, rather straight, unequal arranged in radial symmetry, clearly exsert. Bilateral symmetry characterised by the lamellar columella. Endotheca abundant. [details]Remark Plesiosmilia is possibly a junior synonym of Axosmilia and Pleurosmilia. The type-specimen was not observed. Nevertheless, as it is probably silicified as other samples of Nattheim, I suspect that the septal ornamention described by Milaschewitsch 1876 was overinterpreted by Alloiteau 1957, p. 364. 11 nominal species were created for the Jurassic, 1 for the Cretaceous (Löser 2000) [details]
Type designation Subsequent designation by Wells (1936) [details]
