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Platytrochus elegans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Aldrichia elegans was named by Vaughan (1900). Its type locality is Montgomery, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in Louisiana.

It was recombined as Platytrochus elegans by Cairns (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Aldrichia elegans Vaughan
1997Platytrochus elegans Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyTurbinoliinaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
genusPlatytrochusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieselegans()

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.

Platytrochus elegans Vaughan 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available