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Bighornia patella

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Taxonomy
Streptelasma patellum was named by Wilson (1926).

It was recombined as Bighornia patella by Elias (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Streptelasma patellum Wilson p. 13 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1
1981Bighornia patella Elias p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderStreptelasmatinaWedekind 1927
familyStreptelasmatidae(Nicholson 1889)
subfamilyStreptelasmatinaeNicholson 1889
genusBighornia
speciespatella(Wilson 1926)

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.

Bighornia patella Wilson 1926
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Diagnosis
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