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Laterophyllia turriformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Laterophyllia turriformis was named by Kühn (1933). Its type locality is Kahn-i-Shahr, which is in a Burdigalian perireef or subreef limestone in the Saidabad Coral Limestone Formation of Iran. It is the type species of Laterophyllia.

Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2009-03-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Laterophyllia turriformis Kühn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusLaterophyllia
speciesturriformis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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