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Manicina geisteri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Manicina geisteri was named by Budd and Johnson (1999). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 16844 - Río Cano [Cercado Fm], which is in a Messinian coastal sandstone/limestone in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. flexuosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Manicina geisteri Budd and Johnson

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

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.

†Manicina geisteri Budd and Johnson 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available