Receptaculites Defrance, 1827

Holotype species: Receptaculites neptuni Defrance

Publication details: Defrance, 1827: 5

Original publication and holotype designation: Defrance, J.L.M. (1827). Réceptaculite. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 45: 5-7.

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Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-05-12 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as masculine.

Nomenclatural note
"Dasycladales Receptaculitidae" according to some sources; originally published as fossil Polyp. - (06 June 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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