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Laterophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Laterophyllia was named by Kühn (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi]. Its type is Laterophyllia turriformis.

It was assigned to Faviinae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
L. turriformis (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Laterophyllia Kühn
1956Laterophyllia Wells
2002Laterophyllia Sepkoski

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

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.

G. †Laterophyllia Kühn 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available