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Latiphyllia truncata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia truncata was named by Ogilvie (1897). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Latiphyllia truncata by Geyer (1955); it was recombined as Clausastrea truncata by Bendukidze (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Thecosmilia truncata Ogilvie
1955Latiphyllia truncata Geyer
1982Clausastrea truncata Bendukidze

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDiplocteniopsidaeZlatarski 1968
genusLatiphylliaFromentel 1861
speciestruncata(Ogilvie 1897)

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.

Latiphyllia truncata Ogilvie 1897
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Diagnosis
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