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Halysites

[ hal-i-sahy-teez ]

noun

  1. an extinct genus comprising the chain corals.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Halysites1

< New Latin < Greek hálys ( is ) chain + -itēs -ite 1
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Example Sentences

Halysites catenularia and H. agglomerata.

Halysites catenularia, small variety, of the natural size; b, Fragment of a large variety of the same, of the natural size; c, Fragment of limestone with the tubes of Halysites agglomerata, of the natural size; d, Vertical section of two tubes of the same, showing the tabulæ, enlarged.

Almost all the known forms of this period belong to the two great divisions of the Rugose and Tabulate corals, the former being represented by species of Zaphrentis, Omphyma, Cystiphyllum, Strombodes, Acervularia, Cyathophyllum, &c.; whilst the latter belong principally to the genera Favosites, Chœtetes, Halysites, Syringopora, Heliolites, and Plasmopora.

Halysites, 119; agglomerata, 120; catenularia, 120.

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