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Meandrina ornata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina ornata was named by d'Orbigny (1850). Its type specimen is syntype MNHN-F-B11774 , a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. medlicotti, M. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Meandrina ornata d'Orbigny p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusMeandrinaLamarck 1801
speciesornata

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.

†Meandrina ornata d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available