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Parasmilia elliptica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Parasmilia elliptica was named by Siemiradzki (1927). Its type locality is Sokal, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine chalk in Ukraine.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. compressa, P. jurassica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Parasmilia elliptica Siemiradzki

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyParasmilinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusParasmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieselliptica

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.

†Parasmilia elliptica Siemiradzki 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available