Flabellidae Explained

Flabellidae is a family of marine corals. It consists of the following genera:^[1]

• Blastotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
• †Conosmilia Duncan 1865^[2]
• Falcatoflabellum Cairns, 1995
• Flabellum Lesson, 1831
• Javania Duncan, 1876
• Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834
• Placotrochides Alcock, 1902
• Placotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
• Polymyces Cairns, 1979
• Rhizotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
• †Tortoflabellum Squires, 1958
• Truncatoflabellum Cairns, 1989

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flabellidae (Bourne, 1905). World Register of Marine Species. 23 July 2018.
2. XXIII.—A description of some fossil corals from the South Australian Tertiaries. P. M. Duncan