MELICEEITITES. 
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rXEEPHESENTED SPECIES. 
? reussi (Pergens), 1890. 
Syx. SemieUa reussi, Pergeus, 1890. Kevision, p. 399. 
,, ,, Pergens, 1892. Nouv. Cycl. : Bull, Soc. beige Geol. 
vol. iv, p. 278, pi. xi. fig. 7. 
Heptclea occanl {non Orb.), von Reuss, 1873. Bry. unt. Quad. : Pala3ontogr. 
vol. XX. pt. 1, p. 110, pi. xxvii. fig. 3 {non fig. 2). 
Char. — Zooecia short, piriform. Peristomes thickened. Apertures semicircular 
to triangular. Avicularia a little longer than the normal zooecia, with long 
spatulate aperture. Suhoral pores in some zooecia. 
Distrib. — Cenomanian: Plauen, Saxony. 
MELICERITITES,' Komer, 1840. 
[Verst, nordd. Kr. p. 18.] 
Synonyms. 
MeUceritites, Romer, 1840. 
Ceriopora, pars, Goldfuss, 1827. 
Escharites, pars {non Schlotheim), Romer, 1840. 
Vaginopora, von HagenoAV, 1846. 
? Chisma, Lonsdale, 1849. 
Xodclea, pars, d’Orbigny, 1853; Marsson, 1887. 
Diagnosis. 
Eleiclae with, a zoariinn of erect cylindrical branches composed 
of one bundle of zooecia. Avicularia present and usually 
closed zooecia, gonocyst, and (? spiniferous) tubercles. 
Type Species. 
Ceriopora gracilis, Goldfuss, 1827. Cenomanian: Essen. 
Affinities. 
MeUceritites was the first founded genus of the Eleidse, and 
accordingly the family is often called the Melicerititidoe. The genus 
^ This name is often spelt Melicertites ; hut it was spelt MeUceritites by 
Romer, and the abbreviated form is clearly incorrect, as the genus is regarded as 
an ally of Mclicerita, not as a fossil Melicerta, which is a Rotifer. 
