Scleractinia name details
Archaeophyllia L. Beauvais, 1972 †
1581487 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581487)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Calamophyllia fenestrata (Reuss, 1854) † accepted as Retiophyllia fenestrata (Reuss, 1854) † (type by original designation)
- Species Archaeophyllia fenestrata (Reuss, 1854) † accepted as Retiophyllia fenestrata (Reuss, 1854) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Beauvais, L. (1972). Deux nouveaux genres de Madréporaires triasiques. <em>Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France, 7e sér.</em> 14 (1-5): 310-314., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.s7-xiv.1-5.310 [details] Available for editors 
Status Archaeophyllia Beauvais, 1972 is junior subjective synonym of Retiophyllia Cuif, 1967. The type species of Archaeophyllia...
Status Archaeophyllia Beauvais, 1972 is junior subjective synonym of Retiophyllia Cuif, 1967. The type species of Archaeophyllia and Retiophyllia, both from the Rhaetian, although nominally representing Calamophyllia fenestrata Reuss, in reality represent two species. This chosen by Beauvais is Calamophyllia fenestrata Reuss. That chosen by Cuif in the Frech collection, by misunderstanding considered to be the Reuss species, renamed by Frech into Thecosmilia fenestrata Reuss, represents a different species which was given a new name, R. frechi. Roniewicz,1989:42. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Archaeophyllia L. Beauvais, 1972 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581487 on 2026-09-04
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original description
Beauvais, L. (1972). Deux nouveaux genres de Madréporaires triasiques. <em>Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France, 7e sér.</em> 14 (1-5): 310-314., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.s7-xiv.1-5.310 [details] Available for editors
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]
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]
From editor or global species database
Status Archaeophyllia Beauvais, 1972 is junior subjective synonym of Retiophyllia Cuif, 1967. The type species of Archaeophyllia and Retiophyllia, both from the Rhaetian, although nominally representing Calamophyllia fenestrata Reuss, in reality represent two species. This chosen by Beauvais is Calamophyllia fenestrata Reuss. That chosen by Cuif in the Frech collection, by misunderstanding considered to be the Reuss species, renamed by Frech into Thecosmilia fenestrata Reuss, represents a different species which was given a new name, R. frechi. Roniewicz,1989:42. [details]