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Dasmia americana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Dasmia americana was named by Blake (1968). Its type locality is Nehalem River corals 1, which is in a Bartonian marine conglomerate/shale in the Cowlitz Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Dasmia americana Blake

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyDesmophyllinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDasmiaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesamericana

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Dasmia americana Blake 1968
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Diagnosis
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