Lithophyllum simplex Me.Lemoine 1928
Publication Details
Lithophyllum simplex Me.Lemoine 1928: 548-549, fig. 4
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Source of Synonymy
Aguirre, J., Braga, J.C., Reviers, B. de & Woelkerling, W.J. (2012). Reassessment of Lemoine's newly discovered types of fossil corallines (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) preserved at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Cryptogamie Algologie 33(3): 289-326.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Montagne de Veyrier (late Eocene); (Aguirre & al. 2012: 317) Lectotype: PC; one rock sample and one thin section in box 48-1/116 (Aguirre & al. 2012: 317, figs 31, 35-37) Notes: Lemoine (1928a) based L. simplex on late Eocene material from Montagne de Veyrier and from Priabonian of Calvaire de Thones but did not designate a holotype. [Nummulitique de Catalogne (Spain); San Genesio, Italy (INA)].
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), simple, undivided, unbranched, of one piece or series, not consisting of several distinct parts (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 October 2012 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 August 2014
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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024
