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Retiophyllia alfurica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia alfurica was named by Wilckens (1937). It is not extant. Its type locality is Central Ceram, Indonesia, which is in a Sevatian/Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Indonesia.

It was recombined as Retiophyllia alfurica by Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Thecosmilia alfurica Wilckens
2008Retiophyllia alfurica Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciesalfurica(Wilckens 1937)

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.

Retiophyllia alfurica Wilckens 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available