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Cunnolites jamaicaensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae

Taxonomy
Cyclolites jamaicaensis was named by Wells (1934). Its type locality is Providence, which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Providence Shales Formation of Jamaica.

It was recombined as Cunnolites jamaicaensis by Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Cyclolites jamaicaensis Wells
2008Cunnolites jamaicaensis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyCunnolitidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusCunnolitesGagnebin 1772
speciesjamaicaensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available