Scleractinia taxon details
original description
Volz W. (1896). Die Korallenfauna der Trias. II. Die Korallen der Schichten von St. Cassian in Süd Tirol. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 443: 1-124, pls. 1-11. [details]
original description
(of Thamnastraea (Craspedophyllia) Volz, 1896 †) Volz W. (1896). Die Korallenfauna der Trias. II. Die Korallen der Schichten von St. Cassian in Süd Tirol. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 443: 1-124, pls. 1-11. [details]
basis of record
Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
additional source
Cuif, J.-P. (1975). Recherches sur les Madréporaires du Trias. III — Etude des structures pennulaires chez les Madréporaires triasiques. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sciences de la Terre, Series 3.</em> 44: 45-127. [details]
From editor or global species database
Comparison From other genera of the family Reimaniphylliidae it differs in a strong monoaxial columella and presence of menianes. [details]
Description Morphological features are presented in Volz 1896: pl.7, fig. 23-31. The microstructure is well described and illustrated in Cuif 1975:55,text-fig. 4; pl.3,fig. 1-5. [details]
Diagnosis Solitary or phaceloid; columella monoaxial; septal faces covered with menianes; distal margin straight or zigzag; endotheca dissepimental; wall epithecal [details]
Remark In classical region of the Dolomites from where Craspedophyllia was described, there are known four species. [details]
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