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Wellsotrochus discus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Wellsotrochus discus was named by Squires (1962). Its type locality is Nedler's Point, Whangaroa, which is in a Haumurian coastal siliciclastic in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Wellsotrochus discus Squires

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusWellsotrochusSquires 1960
speciesdiscus

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.

†Wellsotrochus discus Squires 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available