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Floriastrea planinensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Floria planinensis was named by Turnsek (1981). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Skuvija, Stara Planina Mts., which is in a Barremian/Aptian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in Serbia and Montenegro. It is the type species of Floria, Floriastrea.

It was recombined as Floriastrea planinensis by Löser et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Floria planinensis Turnsek
2009Floriastrea planinensis Löser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusFloriastrea
speciesplaninensis(Turnsek 1981)

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.

Floriastrea planinensis Turnsek 1981
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Diagnosis
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