Characodoma Maplestone, 1900

Type species: Characodoma halli Maplestone, 1900 (=Schizoporella excubans Waters, 1881)

Synonyms Author Type Species
Cleidochasma Harmer, 1957 Gemellipora protrusa Thornely, 1905

This genus includes the following species. Several species in this list should be assigned to other genera. These are marked with a query, and were originally described as, or later assigned to Cleidochasma, but are not closely related.

  1. Characodoma areolatum
    		2. (Canu & Bassler, 1929) Recent Indo-Pacific WoRMS 469684
  2. Characodoma bassleri
    		3.  (Calvet, 1931) Recent East Atlantic Cape Verde WoRMS 986940
  3. Characodoma biavicularium
    		4. (Canu & Bassler, 1929) Recent Indo-Pacific WoRMS 469686
  4. Characodoma? cribritheca
    		5. (Busk, 1884) Recent South Africa WoRMS 469687
  5. Characodoma elegans
    		6.  (Lu, 1991) Recent Northwest Pacific - China WoRMS 986941
  6. Characodoma excubans
    		7. (Waters, 1881) Neogene Miocene Australia (Victoria) WoRMS 1410466
  7. Characodoma? gilchristi
    		8. Cook, 1966 Recent Indo-Pacific WoRMS 469694
  8. Characodoma glabrum
    		9. Gordon & d'Hondt, 1997 Recent New Caledonia WoRMS 469691
  9. Characodoma granosum
    		10.  (Seguenza, 1880) Neogene Pliocene-Pleistocene Italy WoRMS 1410467
  10. Characodoma? harmeri
    		11. (Cadée, 1987) Recent Indo-Pacific WoRMS 469689
  11. Characodoma? latisinuatum
    		12. Harmer, 1957 Recent Indo-Pacific WoRMS 469681
  12. Characodoma lagena
    		13. (Lu, 1991) Recent China WoRMS 986942
  13. Characodoma longitudinale
    		14. (Harmer, 1957) Recent Indo-Pacific WoRMS 469683
  14. Characodoma mamillatum
    		15. (Seguenza, 1880) Recent
    Miocene    		 Mediterranean
    Italy    		 WoRMS 111305
  15. Characodoma multiavicularia
    		16.  Di Martino & Taylor, 2019 Neogene Miocene Langhian-Serravallian Indonesia Java WoRMS 1400785
  16. Characodoma parvum
    		17. Gordon & d'Hondt, 1997 Recent Indo-Pacific WoRMS 469692
  17. Characodoma peristomarium
    		18. (Canu & Bassler, 1929) Recent Indo-Pacific WoRMS 469685
  18. Characodoma protrusum
    		19. (Thornely, 1905) Recent Ceylon WoRMS 469682
  19. Characodoma reclinatum
    		20. Rosso, 1999 Neogene Pleistocene Italy (Sicily) WoRMS 1400786
  20. Characodoma rostratum
    		21. Rosso, 1999 Neogene Pleistocene Italy (Calabria) WoRMS 1400787
  21. Characodoma rotundorum
    		22. (Norman, 1909) Recent E. Atlantic (W.Africa) WoRMS 469688
  22. Characodoma rotundum
    		23. (Waters, 1881) Neogene Miocene Australia (Victoria) WoRMS 1410468
  23. Characodoma sinensis
    		24.  (Lu, 1991) Recent South China Sea WoRMS 986943
  24. Characodoma? strangulatum
    		25. (Calvet, 1906) Recent NE Atlantic WoRMS 469696
  25. Characodoma suluense
    		26. (Soule, Soule & Chaney, 1991) Recent Philippines WoRMS 469690
  26. Characodoma? tuberculatum
    		27. (Osburn, 1952) Recent
    Neogene Pliocene    		 Galapagos
    Japan    		 WoRMS 469695
  27. Characodoma wesselinghi
    		28.  Di Martino & Taylor, 2018 Holocene Indonesia WoRMS 1400788

The following species have been assigned to Cleidochasma, and have not been reassigned to another genus so far.

  1. Cleidochasma affinis
    		2.  (Milne Edwards, 1836) Neogene Miocene France WoRMS 240922
  2. Cleidochasma graniferum
    		3.  (Canu & Bassler, 1929) Recent Philippines WoRMS 469698
  3. Cleidochasma inermis
    		4.  (Ortmann, 1890) Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan WoRMS 986960
  4. Cleidochasma japonica
    		5.  (Ortmann, 1890) Recent Northwest Pacific - Japan WoRMS 986959
  5. Cleidochasma verrucosa
    		6.  (Canu & Bassler, 1929) Recent Philippines WoRMS 469699
Characodoma excubans Characodoma rotundum
Characodoma excubans Characodoma rotundum

Characodoma page at NMITA

Harmer notebook - entry for Characodoma

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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 20/3/2017
Modified on 14/5/2018 (added C. wesselinghi)
Modified on 1/7/2019 (added C. multiavicularia)
Modified on 21/5/2020 (Added WoRMS links)
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