Scleractinia taxon details
Alveolocyathus wellsi (Filkorn, 1994) †
1513285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1513285)
accepted
Species
Laminocyathus wellsi Filkorn, 1994 † · unaccepted (basionym, changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Laminocyathus wellsi Filkorn, 1994 †) Filkorn HF. (1994). Fossil Scleractinian Corals from James Ross Basin, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 65: 1-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar065 [details]
Holotype (of Laminocyathus wellsi Filkorn, 1994) USNM...
Holotype (of Laminocyathus wellsi Filkorn, 1994) USNM 93035, verbatimGeounit Late Cretaceous (Maa... [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Alveolocyathus wellsi (Filkorn, 1994) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1513285 on 2026-05-19
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(of Laminocyathus wellsi Filkorn, 1994 †) Filkorn HF. (1994). Fossil Scleractinian Corals from James Ross Basin, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 65: 1-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar065 [details]
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.591 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.591 [details] Available for editors
Holotype (of Laminocyathus wellsi Filkorn, 1994) USNM 93035, verbatimGeounit Late Cretaceous (Maa... [details]