Scleractinia name details
Ellipsosmilia d'Orbigny, 1849 †
1437504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1437504)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Genus
Montlivaltia cornucopia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † (type by monotypy)
- Species Ellipsosmilia excelsa Étallon, 1859 †
- Species Ellipsosmilia bourgeoisii d'Orbigny, 1850 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ellipsosmilia carantonensis d'Orbigny, 1850 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ellipsosmilia corallina d'Orbigny, 1850 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ellipsosmilia excavata Étallon, 1859 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ellipsosmilia inauris (Morton, 1834) † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ellipsosmilia meudonensis d'Orbigny, 1850 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ellipsosmilia obliqua d'Orbigny, 1850 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ellipsosmilia subrudis d'Orbigny, 1850 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ellipsosmilia supracretacea d'Orbigny, 1850 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ellipsosmilia arcotensis (Forbes, 1846) † accepted as Caryophyllia arcotensis (Forbes, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ellipsosmilia boissyana (Michelin, 1846) † accepted as Trochosmilia boissyana (Michelin, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ellipsosmilia cuneolus (Michelin, 1846) † accepted as Trochosmilia cuneolus (Michelin, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ellipsosmilia faujasii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) † accepted as Trochosmilia faujasi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
- Species Ellipsosmilia humilis d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Trochosmilia humilis (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Ellipsosmilia inflexa (Reuss, 1854) † accepted as Rennensismilia inflexa (Reuss, 1854) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ellipsosmilia saltzburgiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) † accepted as Aulosmilia cuneiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ellipsosmilia thurmanni Etallon, 1864 † accepted as Parepismilia thurmanni (Etallon, 1864) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Ellipsosmilia uricornis (Michelin, 1847) † accepted as Trochosmilia uricornis (Michelin, 1847) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1849). Note sur des Polypiers fossiles. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2e sér.</em> 1: 526-538. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Ellipsosmilia d'Orbigny, 1849 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1437504 on 2026-06-14
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original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1849). Note sur des Polypiers fossiles. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2e sér.</em> 1: 526-538. [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 Étallon, M.A. (1859). Études paléontologiques sur la Haut-Jura: Rayonnés du Corallien. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du Département du Doubs, Troisième Série.</em> 3: 401-553. [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 Étallon, M.A. (1859). Études paléontologiques sur la Haut-Jura: Rayonnés du Corallien. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du Département du Doubs, Troisième Série.</em> 3: 401-553. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Remark Up to now, the most elaborate description available of the type species of Ellipsosmilia d'Orbigny, 1849, was provided by Alloiteau (1957, p. 96). This documentation, however, is insufficient in that it remains unclear how this taxon differs from genera like e.g., Axosmiliopsis or Ceratophyllia. In addition, the type material has been unavailable for study. Therefore, the taxonomic position of Ellipsosmilia d'Orbigny, 1849, remains unclear. [details]