Scleractinia name details
Nefophyllia Wells, 1937 †
1289785 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1289785)
accepted > nomen novum
Genus
Placosmilia angusta Reuss, 1854 † accepted as Nefophyllia angusta (Reuss, 1854) † (type by original designation)
Platysmilia Felix, 1899 † · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Wells JW. (1937). Coral studies: Part II. Five new species of the Madreporaria. Five new genera of the Madreporaria. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 23 (97): 242-250, pl. 2. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Nefophyllia Wells, 1937 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289785 on 2026-09-12
Date
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original description
Wells JW. (1937). Coral studies: Part II. Five new species of the Madreporaria. Five new genera of the Madreporaria. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 23 (97): 242-250, pl. 2. [details]
original description (of Platysmilia Felix, 1899 †) Felix J. (1899). Studien an cretaceischen Anthozoen. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, Hannover.</em> 51 (3): 378–387. [details]
additional source Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
additional source Baron-Szabo RC. (2015). On the Cretaceous genus Nefophyllia Wells, 1937 (pro Platysmilia Felix, 1899, non Toula, 1889). <em>Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt.</em> 154 (1-4): 155-163. [details]
original description (of Platysmilia Felix, 1899 †) Felix J. (1899). Studien an cretaceischen Anthozoen. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, Hannover.</em> 51 (3): 378–387. [details]
additional source Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
additional source Baron-Szabo RC. (2015). On the Cretaceous genus Nefophyllia Wells, 1937 (pro Platysmilia Felix, 1899, non Toula, 1889). <em>Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt.</em> 154 (1-4): 155-163. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Colonial, phaceloid-subdendroid. Budding extracalicular. Costosepta compact, arranged radially and bilaterally, finely granulated laterally. Columella lamellar. Endothecal dissepiments thin and vesicular, abundant. Wall septothecal. Epithecal wall present. [details]Remark Nefophyllia is similar to Aulosmilia Alloiteau, but forms phaceloid-subdendroid colonies. [details]
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