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Caryophyllia texana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia texana was named by Vaughan (1900). Its type locality is San Augustine, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. antillarum, C. communis, C. gajensis, C. laevigata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Caryophyllia texana Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801
speciestexana

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.

†Caryophyllia texana Vaughan 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available