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Thysanus corbicula

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy

Thysanus corbicula was named by Duncan (1863).

Synonyms

Thysanus floridanus was named by Weisbord (1974). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Caloosahatchee River and Shell Creek, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene shallow subtidal marl/sandstone in the Caloosahatchee Formation of Florida.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thysanus corbicula by Budd and Johnson (1999).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1863	Thysanus corbicula Duncan p. 430
1974	Thysanus floridanus Weisbord

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Faviidae	Gregory 1900
genus	Thysanus
species	corbicula

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.

†Thysanus corbicula Duncan 1863

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Invalid names: Thysanus floridanus Weisbord 1974 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available